Suspects at large after deadly shooting at East Sacramento light rail station

SACRAMENTO — Two suspects remain at large after a man died and two other people were wounded in a shooting that happened at an East Sacramento light rail station Thursday afternoon.

The Sacramento Police Department said a man was shot and killed at the light rail station on 65th Street near Folsom Boulevard.

Two other victims were located with gunshot wounds, Officer Anthony Gamble told members of the media. They were rushed to the hospital. One of the two victims was a woman who was stable at last check. The other victim was a man but his condition was not yet known.

A Sacramento police helicopter was flying overhead for some time, announcing two armed suspects were on the run and described them as two Black men, one in a gray hoodie and the other in a black hoodie. They should be considered armed and dangerous. 

The circumstances of the shooting remain under investigation.

A carjacking also happened in the area and police are investigating if it is related. CBS13 spoke with Eric Currington, who said two armed men carjacked his son while he was parked at Urijah Faber’s Ultimate Fitness gym at Folsom and 65th. That vehicle was then left abandoned nearby on University Avenue.

Currington said his son was not injured, and Sacramento police were speaking with him.

The Sacramento State Police Department is helping with this investigation and says there is no threat to the campus.

Nearby Phoebe A. Hearst Elementary was placed on a brief lockdown which was lifted just before 4:30 p.m. The lockdown was put in place as authorities continued their search for the suspects. All staff and students were safe.

Sacramento Regional Transit (SacRT) said the University and 65th Street station would be closed for an extended time. During that closure, all buses that serve that station were moved to the Power Inn Road station.

SacRT riders continued showing up at their stop, finding a crime scene instead.

“I’m glad I wasn’t here,” SacRT rider Will Vaughan said. “Major inconvenience. I hope they track down the folks. I hope no one else is injured.”

A bus bridge was operating between 29th Street and Sunrise and the pick-up location for University and 65th riders was S Street at 65th, SacRT said.

The station reopened early Friday morning.