SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Update:
Sacramento County Sheriff's Office homicide detectives arrested a man in this case.
They said that detectives identified and arrested 19-year-old Joshua Lee Atkinson on August 16 for the shooting death of 20-year-old Tyree Xavier Scott.
Scott was taken to the hospital for his injuries before succumbing to them.
Original story:
The Sacramento County Sheriff's Office has opened an investigation after a shooting happened along Elsie Avenue.
According to Sgt. Rod Grassmann, spokesman for the sheriff's office, deputies got a report of shots fired just after 6 p.m. on Monday.
Sgt. Grassmann said a vehicle was heading westbound on Elsie toward Stockton Boulevard when a person in another vehicle fired multiple rounds. One of the shots hit the victim, leaving him with what Grassmann described as a "very serious" wound.
The car went through a hedge before coming to a rest at the parking lot of a business at Elsie and Stockton. The victim was taken to the hospital.
Citing witnesses, Grassmann said six to eight shots were fired and that there were no reports of anyone else being hit.
The investigation is ongoing.
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