Suspect in deadly Sacramento shooting dies by suicide during traffic stop
SACRAMENTO – A suspect in a Sacramento homicide investigation fatally shot themselves on Saturday, police said.
The Sacramento Police Department responded to Salvator Apartments on Arden Way in the Old North Sacramento area around 1:30 p.m. for an incomplete 911 call.
At the scene, officers found a woman with at least one gunshot wound. She later died at the scene, police said.
Later Saturday evening, police said they conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle of interest in connection with the shooting on eastbound Interstate 80 near Norwood Avenue.
Police said there were multiple people in the vehicle, including the suspect in the fatal shooting. According to police, the suspect shot themselves and died at the scene.
An investigation is underway to determine what led up to the shooting, but officers confirmed that they did not fire their weapons.
Police believe this was an isolated incident.
The identities of the victim and suspect have not been released.
