[B]UPDATE: SUSPECT ARRESTED
[/B][quote]SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – A 22-year-old is in custody after allegedly shooting and killing two people and injuring two others during a fight in Old Sacramento that led to the cancellation of the city’s annual New Year’s Eve celebration. An argument began the Sports Corner Cafe located on corner of 2nd and K Streets at about 9:38 p.m., according to the Sacramento Police Department. The argument escalated into a fight and an employee went to break it up. During the fight, a man pulled out a gun and shot several times at the people he was fighting with.
A woman, 30, a man, 35, and the employee, a 20-year-old, male were shot. The woman suffered a non-life threatening injury to her lower body, but the two others were shot multiple times and died. Hearing the shots, a security guard confronted the suspect, and the two exchanged gunfire. Both were hit.The suspect ran from the bar toward the crowded street where he literally ran into a police officer in uniform.
Both the suspect and the security guard were taken to the hospital where they remain at this time. The suspect is in custody. His identity is being withheld.
“They had one person in an ambulance and one person in a cop car,” one woman said.
“I saw the gun in the hand. He was just screaming and shooting,” another woman said.
Some 40,000 people, including lots of families with young children, had gathered in Old Sac for a 9 p.m. fireworks show shortly before the shots rang out. Another fireworks show scheduled for midnight was canceled. A Sacramento Police helicopter circled overhead to announce the midnight cancellation. Mounted police, patrol cars and Sacramento Fire trucks converged on the scene as thousands of spectators were blocked off from the crime scene.Witnesses described hearing several shots and then running for cover.
“Probably 12 shots that I heard. I saw people running out of the building and falling down into the street. Whether they were injured or just trying to hide, I don’t know, but I hid under the stairs until I felt like I could leave the area,” said a witness.
“Pop, pop, pop, pop, pop,” one witness said. “It sounded like a Glock.”
The owner of the bar refused CBS13′s request for an interview. Everything remains in the bar as it did last night. Drinks sit on tables and money can be seen on the bar.
The fireworks show canceled by the shooting was set off Tuesday morning at around 8 a.m. in an odd, eerie display.[/quote]
[B]ORIGINAL STORY[/B]
[quote][B](CNN)[/B] -- A shooting at a New Year's Eve fireworks show in Sacramento, California, where thousands had gathered, killed two people and wounded at least three others, police said.The shots rang out in Old Sacramento, when a fight at a sports bar spilled out into the street, police said.
Some 40,000 people, including families with young children, had gathered for the 9 p.m. fireworks show, CNN affiliate KOVR reported. Witnesses reported hearing the shots and running for cover.
Police canceled the next fireworks show, which was scheduled for midnight.
Police have not released information on arrests. Witnesses who spoke to KOVR said they saw a man being taken into custody.
"They had one person in an ambulance and one person in a cop car," a woman told the station.
"I saw the gun in the hand. He was just screaming and shooting," said another.
A helicopter flew over announcing the cancellation, and authorities responded with mounted police, squad cars and fire trucks to block off the crime scene, according to KOVR.
The wounded were taken to nearby hospitals, police said.[/quote]
Source:
[URL]http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/01/us/california-new-years-eve-shooting/[/URL]
[URL]http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2012/12/31/4-shot-during-new-years-eve-gathering-in-old-sacramento/[/URL]
This is actually very close to where I live.
Ending the year with a bang. :(
Stories like this make me sick. I cannot, no matter how I try, think up a good reason for opening fire on a crowd of innocent people. I also can't think of what sort of crazy weirdo you'd have to be to do something like that.
[QUOTE=Samiam22;39051886]Stories like this make me sick. I cannot, no matter how I try, think up a good reason for opening fire on a crowd of innocent people. I also can't think of what sort of crazy weirdo you'd have to be to do something like that.[/QUOTE]
An anti-social sociopathic fuck?
"The shots rang out in Old Sacramento, when a fight at a sports bar spilled out into the street, police said."
Before everyone jumps the gun [sp]oh god[/sp] on this article, it sounds more like a bar fight then a media-induced shooting like everything else.
I'm almost certain that there are even more shootings out there, and the news is just now realizing how much they can take advantage of their pathetic potential.
[QUOTE=Samiam22;39051886]Stories like this make me sick. I cannot, no matter how I try, think up a good reason for opening fire on a crowd of innocent people. I also can't think of what sort of crazy weirdo you'd have to be to do something like that.[/QUOTE]
nobody is innocent
[QUOTE=abcpea2;39052044]nobody is innocent[/QUOTE]
Yeah man, all those kids killed in newtown weren't innocent..
[QUOTE=abcpea2;39052044]nobody is innocent[/QUOTE]
I suppose they deserved it then, huh? Filthy humans.
What's with all the fucking shooting latey .?
[QUOTE=theevilldeadII;39052474]What's with all the fucking shooting latey .?[/QUOTE]
There are shootings all the time.
Shootings lately are just getting reported more often, and with a wider area of coverage. It'll die down in a few months. The same thing happened after the shooting at the movie theater, after Virginia Tech, and after Columbine.
[QUOTE=abcpea2;39052044]nobody is innocent[/QUOTE]
I guess being a jackass and taking things very literally is the new way to be ~deep~.
[QUOTE=abcpea2;39052044]nobody is innocent[/QUOTE]
Well fuck you too, some are not yet guilty, and those are the ones getting killed for no reason.
[QUOTE=abcpea2;39052044]nobody is innocent[/QUOTE]
Well said brother librarian, there is no such thing as innocence, only degrees of guilt
[QUOTE=carcarcargo;39052813]Well said brother librarian, there is no such thing as innocence, only degrees of guilt[/QUOTE]Damn you, I was gonna say that :c
[QUOTE=Daemonshadow;39052533]There are shootings all the time.
Shootings lately are just getting reported more often, and with a wider area of coverage. It'll die down in a few months. The same thing happened after the shooting at the movie theater, after Virginia Tech, and after Columbine.[/QUOTE]
Actually studies show more people commit a similar crime when it's repeated on the news
Man, I love Old Sac. That place has a lot of stuff that looks straight out of the wild west days, and has stores that you won't find anywhere else. I used to go there a lot with my family. Shame someone had to go and do something like this, Old Sac is always an enjoyable time.
[QUOTE=theevilldeadII;39052474]What's with all the fucking shooting latey .?[/QUOTE]
Americans are becoming crazy
[QUOTE=abcpea2;39052044]nobody is innocent[/QUOTE]
lmfao
[QUOTE=abcpea2;39052044]nobody is innocent[/QUOTE]
it's true everybody's guilty of something
[editline]1st January 2013[/editline]
[QUOTE=Sir Spicy Buns;39052099]Yeah man, all those kids killed in newtown weren't innocent..[/QUOTE]
damn why did you have to ruin the humor
Holy fuck I live in San Bernardino. I wasn't too far from it.
[QUOTE=abcpea2;39052044]nobody is innocent[/QUOTE]
[img]http://i.imgur.com/AX1aS.jpg[/img]
[QUOTE=stupid10er;39054891]it's true everybody's guilty of something[/QUOTE]
Innocence and guilt is all a matter of opinion. We are all conditioned to view X as right and Y as wrong, but when it comes down to it, innocence and guilt are artificial constructs.
Can we stop this please? Seriously. No one really wants to hear about or read about this kind of stuff. And it's been proven already that making it known, practically making the bad guy have his 15 minutes of fame is what causes this kind of shit...
[QUOTE=Jurikuer;39056130]Can we stop this please? Seriously. No one really wants to hear about or read about this kind of stuff. And it's been proven already that making it known, practically making the bad guy have his 15 minutes of fame is what causes this kind of shit...[/QUOTE]
The USSR also used a similar excuse for suppressing suicide reports.
[QUOTE=Jurikuer;39056130]Can we stop this please? Seriously. No one really wants to hear about or read about this kind of stuff. And it's been proven already that making it known, practically making the bad guy have his 15 minutes of fame is what causes this kind of shit...[/QUOTE]
The problem is main stream media, not a thread on an Internet forum. I don't think there's any unstable people out there thinking, if I kill a bunch of people, maybe someone will make a thread on Facepunch.
Also, the issue isn't even the media covering the event, it's that they focus on the suspect not the victims.
I live really close to Old Sacramento, almost went too. Really such a shame
Since it happened at a bar, on New Year's, I'm going to guess alcohol was involved. This guy was NOT going on a media induced mass rampage, he got in a drunken argument. The mistake was the employee trying to get involved in that fight and break it up instead of having the security guard escort the troublemakers outside.
[video=youtube;vfJ7DqyDl9w]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfJ7DqyDl9w[/video]
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Is it just me or is there at least 1 shooting a day now?
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