Gunman Fires Into Crowded Apartment Injuring 4 In Sacramento County
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SACRAMENTO COUNTY (CBS13) — At least four people were shot through the door at a Sacramento County apartment complex on Monday night.
The Sacramento County Sheriff's Department was called out to the 4800 block of Myrtle Avenue at around 9 p.m. on Monday on a report of shots fired.
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Four people between the ages of 15 and 39 were reportedly wounded, with a 39-year-old woman shot in the head. She is in critical condition.
Update: 4 victims, 15yr old girl. Suspect shot through front door & fled. 1 critical. 16 people in apt, 5 were kids @sacsheriff in N. Sac pic.twitter.com/dxtF8J5rGm
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Approximately 16 people were inside the apartment when the shots rang out on Monday night. Five children were among the 16 inside.
"We had a lot of victims, but it could have been a lot worse," Sacramento County Sheriff's spokesman Tony Turnbull said.
Sheriff's investigators are looking into the possibility an ex-boyfriend of one of the people inside fired the shots.
The suspect is described as a black male in his early 20s.
A neighbor says he called 911.
"People that sounded like they were knocking on our door. I get up and I look out there and I see gunshots—bullets on the ground, bullets in these people's door, so I called 911," he said.