SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Two people were killed in a shooting in Sacramento's Del Paso Heights neighborhood, the Sacramento Police Department said Wednesday.
The shooting happened around 10 p.m. along North Avenue and Clay Street, according to the Sacramento Police Department.
Sgt. Zach Eaton, spokesperson for the police department, said when officers arrived they found a man and a woman in a vehicle. The people had multiple gunshot wounds and died at the scene. Eaton said right now the police department believes it was a targeted, drive-by shooting.
"Obviously we've had a lot of shootings in the past week in our north area. We've had 11 people shot. This is the 14th and 15th homicide this year," Eaton said.
According to the Sacramento Police Department, there have been 15 homicides in the city so far this year, compared to 27 homicides during the same period in 2022.
On Monday, two men died after a shooting in north Sacramento. Nearly a week ago, seven people were hurt in a shooting in Del Paso Heights.
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