SACRAMENTO, Calif. — More than 100 guns and some explosive devices were found in a Carmichael home following a bizarre overnight call to the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office.
According to Sheriff’s Office Spokesperson Sgt. Rod Grassman, the incident started just before 2 a.m. when a man, now identified as 38-year-old Bradley Bodai called dispatch saying people were in his home eating his food.
While on the call, Grassman said dispatch heard a gunshot and Bodai told them he shot one of the people.
Deputies rushed to the home in the 1400 block of Mission Lane in Carmichael and ordered Bodai out of the home. He complied and was arrested. But when deputies went into the home to look for the gunshot victim, no one else was inside. Deputies did, however, find dozens of guns, “pallets” of ammunition, a grenade launcher, and a locked safe inside of which were three live sticks of dynamite, Grassman said.
An Explosive Ordinance Disposal (EOD) team was called in to disarm the dynamite, which turned out to be fake, investigators said. In the meantime, officers worked to evacuate homes within a half-mile radius of Bodai’s home – some 1,800 residents, according to Grassman.
Around 6 a.m., after determining that Bodai was experiencing a mental health crisis, a judge signed a gun violence restraining order, giving officers permission to begin inventorying and confiscating the weapons. So far, it is unclear if all of the weapons are legal to own and were registered to Bodai, Grassman said.
Bodai was booked into the Sacramento County Jail Suspect on a complaint for negligent discharge of firearms. He is also on a “mental health hold,” Grassman said. More charges are expected to be filed. State and federal agencies are assisting in this investigation.
The investigation prompted a brief lockdown at Jesuit High School out of an abundance of caution, the school posted on its Twitter page. The lockdown has since been lifted.
