Sacramento police investigate shooting that wounded 4, including child

Sacramento police said they are investigating a shooting in Oak Park that sent four people, including a child, to the hospital on Wednesday evening.

The shooting happened around 6 p.m. along the 3300 block of 9th Avenue, near 33rd Street.

Police said one of the victims is a 4-year-old. The other victims include two men and a woman.

Preliminary information indicates the victims are stable, Sacramento police spokesperson Anthony Gamble said.

Three victims knew each other, with family members and a neighbor telling CBS News Sacramento that they were a grandmother and her two grandchildren — 18 and 4 — though officials have not publicly released their names. The fourth victim was located inside a home where it appears there's no connection to the other victims, police said.

At least one vehicle on the street was struck by gunfire.

A family member of the three related victims said they were returning from getting ice cream together.

Larry Devore lives in the area and said he knows the three related victims well. Devore told CBS News Sacramento that he rushed to the woman's side after finding her inside her vehicle with a gunshot wound to the stomach.

"You look at it and see that it's your neighbor, someone you know and know that they don't cause no problem at all. I go and see her lying there holding her belly, and she's like, 'I don't know why, I don't know why.' No one knows why," Devore said.

Early information indicates it was a potential drive-by shooting. No information about a suspect or suspect vehicle is known at this time.