SACRAMEDO, California (AP) – California police say six people have been killed and at least nine others injured in a shooting in central Sacramento.
The Sacramento Police Department says the shooting took place early Sunday morning.
The video posted on Twitter shows people running in the street as the sound of rapid gunfire could be heard in the background. The video shows several ambulances have been sent to the spot.
Police gave few details about the circumstances surrounding the shooting, but said in a tweet that “there will be a large police presence and the scene remains active.” Phone calls asking for comments were left to Sacramento police.
Residents were urged to avoid the area, which is full of restaurants and bars leading to the Golden One Center, where the Sacramento Kings play basketball.
Phone calls asking for comments were left to Sacramento police.
Barry Atsius, a community activist, said he came to the scene shortly after the shooting.
“The first thing I saw was victims. I saw a young girl with a whole bunch of blood on her body, a girl pulling out her glass, a young girl screaming saying: “They killed my sister”. A mother runs, “Where is my son? Has my son been shot?” he said.
Kay Harris, 32, said she was asleep when one of her family members called to say they thought her brother had been killed. He said he thought he was in London, a nightclub at 1009 10th Street.
Harris said he has been to the club a few times and described it as a place for “the younger crowd”.
The police have closed the streets around the club, with the yellow police film waving with the breeze early in the morning. He has spent the morning circling the square waiting for news.
“Very much an absurd act of violence,” he said.