Wanted man dies after at least one Sacramento officer shoots him in South Natomas
PUSHING TO MODERNIZE WESTBROADWAY OTHER SAY IT WOULD BEA DISSERVICE TO SACRAMENTO'SBLACK COMMUNITY.WE'LL GET STARTED TONIGHTWITH SOME BREAKING NEWS OUT OFSACRAMENTO, A SUSPECT WAS SHOTAND KILLED BY POLICE POLICETONIGHT IN THE SOUTH OF THATHOME US AREA, THANKS FORJOINING US FOR FOX 40 NEWS AT10 I'M NIKKI LAURENZO AND I'MERIC HARRYMAN GUNFIRE RINGINGOUT EARLIER TONIGHT THISHAPPENED ON WISCONSIN AVENUERIGHT NEAR NORTHGATEBOULEVARD.
INVESTIGATORS SAYTHAT SUSPECT WAS ARMED AND WASALSO WANTED FOR A PREVIOUSATTEMPT AT HOMICIDE ON ANOFFICER.FOX FORTY'S DENNIS SHANAHANJOINING US LIVE NOW INSACRAMENTO WITH THOSE DETAILS,DENNIS.ERIC WE'RE ON NORTH GATERIGHT NOW AND I CAN DIRECTYOUR ATTENTION TO A MOBILSTATION BEHIND US OFFICERS SAYTHE SHOOTING HAPPENED AT AHOME BEHIND THAT MOBILESTATION AT NORTHGATE ANDWISCONSIN THIS ALL STARTED ATAROUND 4 O'CLOCK THISAFTERNOON, ACCORDING TOSACRAMENTO.
POLICE DETECTIVESWERE FOLLOWING UP ON A KNOWNSUSPECT WHO AS YOU JUST HEARDWAS WANTED FOR ATTEMPTEDHOMICIDE ON AND ON OFFICERS.THEY ARE NOT RELEASING HISNAME AT THIS TIME, BUT THEYSAY THEY HAD INFORMATION THATHE WAS AT THIS HOME ON THE 500BLOCK OF WISCONSIN.
THEY SAYTHE HOME WAS OCCUPIED BY THEMAN THEY WERE LOOKING FOR ANDOTHERS CRISIS NEGOTIATORS WEREABLE TO GET EVERYONE OUT OFTHE HOUSE EXCEPT THE SUSPECTTHEY WERE LOOKING FOR.
THEYTELL US THEY ATTEMPTED TONEGOTIATE WITH HIM AND THEYSAY HE EVENTUALLY RAN OUT OFTHE HOUSE HOPPING A FENCEARMED WITH A FIREARM AT LEASTONE OFFICER SHOT THE MAN,SACRAMENTO POLICE SAY OFFICERSATTEMPTED LIFESAVING MEASURESAND SO DID RESPONDING FIREDEPARTMENT PERSONNEL, BUT THEMAN WAS PRONOUNCED DECEASED ONSCENE THAT IS THE TOTALITY OFTHE INFORMATION SACRAMENTO.POLICE ARE RELEASING AT THISTIME AND OF COURSE THESE MANYQUESTIONS UNANSWERED FOREXAMPLE WAS THE MAN POINTINGHIS GUN AT THE OFFICERS WAS HERUNNING TOWARD THE OFFICERSWITH HIS FIREARM SOME OF THOSEQUESTIONS WERE ASKED DURINGTHE PRESS CONFERENCE BUTSACRAMENTO POLICE SAID MOREINFORMATION WILL BE RELEASEDAT A LATER TIME AS THISINVESTIGATION IS STILL VERYACTIVE ON NORTH GATE INWISCONSIN IN SACRAMENTO.THAT'S WHERE WE'RE REPORTING