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Leah asked, "Were you here for the shooting?" I asked, "What shooting?" "It was on the TV and everything! It happened right in front of this building!" In turn, I asked Leah, "Were you here for the shooting?" "No," she replied, "we were out at Bodega Bay."
In the normal course of events, all of us would have been in the immediate neighborhood for the late-night chaos, but I was away in Davis after DMTC's "Singing in the Rain," eating with the cast and crew at IHOP. I thought about cutting through the unruly Second Saturday crowds and coming back into work - that would have been my normal inclination -but I decided to go home and try to get some sleep instead.
I know, I know: your intrepid blogger was off-duty when it all went down:
Sacramento police are investigating an early morning midtown shooting that left one dead and three injured following Second Saturday.
Officers were patrolling around J and 18th streets, where more than 200 people had gathered, when they heard several gunshots, Officer Konrad von Schoech said.
People began screaming and running away. Officers were unable to see the shooter.
"It was kind of chaotic," he said.
Officers found four shooting victims as the crowd began to disperse. Two men and one woman, all in their 20s, were trying to crawl to safety, von Schoech said. They were taken to local hospitals and are expected to survive their injuries.
A man, 24, suffered at least one gunshot wound and was pronounced dead at the scene.
The Sacramento County Coroners Office identified the man killed as Victor Hugo Perez Zavala of Sacramento.
Homicide investigators are trying to determine what caused the shooting. They're also investigating whether the shooting was connected to a fight between two large groups of people earlier Saturday evening, he said.
The shooting occurred after Second Saturday had concluded and police do not think the crowds gathered had been taking part in the art event.
"They were clearly loitering out there," von Schoech said.
...Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to call Crime Alert at (916) 443-HELP or text a tip to 274637 and enter SACTIP, followed by the tip information.
Callers may remain anonymous and could be eligible for a reward of up to $1,000.
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