SACRAMENTO, Calif — UPDATE (08/05/2020):
Officers have found the car of a suspect they say threatened to kill himself before shooting at officers.
The suspect's vehicle was found near Bell Avenue and Church Street Wednesday, Aug. 5, according to a tweet from California Highway Patrol. The suspect, 50-year-old Albert Wheeler, has not been found.
ORIGINAL STORY:
The Sacramento Police Department is looking for a man who threatened to kill himself then shot at officers.
According to a tweet from Sacramento police, just before 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 4, officers responded to the area of 1200 Rivera Drive, near Hagginwood Park, for a report of a man threatening to kill himself with a gun. When officers arrived, the man shot at police and ran.
No officers were injured. That man has been identified as Albert Wheeler, 50.
The man was last seen in the area of WB I-80 and Truxel Road driving a tan 2013 Chevy pickup truck with a license plate reading AL30Y21.
The Sacramento County Sheriff's Office is assisting the police department in the search for the man.
The Sacramento police is asking anyone who might know Wheeler's whereabouts to contact 911. CHP issued a Blue Alert on behalf of the Sacramento Police Department for this incident.
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