SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Sacramento Sheriff's deputies are responding to reports of a man with a gun in north Sacramento, according to Sgt. Tess Deterding said.
Multiple people called the department around 2:47 p.m. Wednesday, reporting that a man was shooting a handgun in an area near Madison Avenue and College Oak Drive.
When deputies got there they found no victims, but witnesses gave conflicting reports and said that the man may have been shooting at people or vehicles, Deterding said.
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When deputies arrived on scene they found one car with a shattered back windshield in the Jack in The Box parking lot on Madison Avenue. They also found seven bullet casings outside of the restaurant parking lot and a nicked sign that may have been hit by one of these bullets at a tire shop on the other side of College Oak Avenue.
Deterding said deputies are on the lookout for a black man with a thin build, between 5'10" and 6' tall. He is believed to be wearing a white T-shirt and grey or black sweatpants.
Deputies say the suspected shooter had already left the area by the time they arrived and they weren’t able to locate any victims.
A perimeter was set and K9 units were on scene for a short period of time, Deterding said. She went on to say that the public may see more officers than usual, as there is an overlap between deputies on the day shift and swing shift.
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