RANCHO CORDOVA, Calif. — A man was taken into custody Monday after allegedly threatening people at a Rancho Cordova park Sunday evening.
Sgt. Amar Gandhi, spokesperson for the Sacramento County Sheriff's office, said they started getting calls about the incident around 7:30 p.m. at Heron Landing Park. The incident happened while there was a large gathering of Middle Eastern people at the park.
Sgt. Gandhi said people at the park reported that a man in a vehicle was driving through the park and trying to run people over.
"From there, he's yelling at kids, yelling at women... yelling at everybody he can that he was going to shoot them, he was going to bomb them, yelling all kinds of racial slurs," said Gandhi.
By the time deputies arrived, the man had taken off. No one was hurt during the incident. Deputies searched for the man identified as 33-year-old Robert Steven Avery Sunday evening but did not find him until Monday, according to the sheriff's office.
"This is extremely rare. This type of thing obviously does not happen. We hear about things like this happening throughout the nation. Our community is one that we're pretty fortunate that this incident is very isolated and few and far between," said Gandhi.
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