SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A police chase of a kidnapping suspect and victim that went through several streets and freeways across Sacramento County Sunday ended in officers opening fire in Elk Grove, officials with the California Highway Patrol say.
No one was injured in the shooting, according to police.
CHP officers say that they began chasing a car with a kidnapping suspect and victim inside of it near Elverta Way and Watt Avenue in Sacramento County.
The pursuit eventually made its way to Bighorn Boulevard and Amber Creek Drive in Elk Grove, where officers say the driver stopped his car and got outside while holding a gun.
Officers shot at the driver of the car, but according to police, no one was hit or hurt. The driver was arrested.
The kidnapping victim was described as an adult woman.
The police activity forced the closure of Big Horn Boulevard in Elk Grove. Officers shut down the thoroughfare in both directions in between Franklin Boulevard and Amber Creek Drive.
Off-duty nurse Jennifer Martinelli was out for a walk in the area when she heard the police cars race by.
"I heard a whole bunch of sirens and a helicopter and they came right down towards me and passed me," said Martinelli. "I just tried to help redirect traffic while they were trying to take care of that, but then I heard some gunshots too, so kind of did a duck and hide."
Martinelli said she watched as police tried to disable the car using spike strips, before it eventually stopped and the non-injury shooting unfolded.
"I didn't expect to see that this morning and usually I have a pretty quiet walk, but it was intense," said Martinelli. "There was probably about a dozen shots."
Officers with the Elk Grove Police Department and the California Highway Patrol were on the scene of the investigation. In a Tweet, the Elk Grove Police Department said the road reopened Sunday night.
Check out the traffic in the area on the map below:
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