Two found dead with gunshot wounds at Fair Oaks home, Sacramento sheriff’s officials say
A man and a woman with apparent gunshot wounds were found dead in the driveway of a Fair Oaks home Monday morning, Sacramento County sheriff’s officials said.
The two people were found dead about 10:20 a.m. at the home in the 5100 block Rabeneck Way, just east of Hazel Avenue. Sgt. Rodney Grassmann, a Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office spokesman, said a mail carrier making a regular stop at the home found the two people in the driveway with blood around them. Both of them had been shot.
A U.S. Postal Service supervisor was notified of the mail carrier’s discovery and called the Sheriff’s Office. Deputies arrived at the home and found the two people who were dead in front of the garage, along with a gun found near the two bodies.
Grassmann said the two people who were shot knew each other, but he did not know how they knew each other or whether they both lived at that home.
“It’s reasonable to believe they knew each other, but right now there’s still a lot of information to be gathered,” Grassmann said.
Investigators had not released any new information on the shooting deaths Tuesday. Grassmann said investigators had made no arrests in the case, and they did not expect to make any arrests. Investigators do not believe there are any remaining suspects involved in the deaths.
He said nearby construction might have prevented neighbors from hearing gunshots. Homicide detectives obtained a search warrant for the home, collected evidence and interviewed witnesses for several hours.
Lenora Coats, who lives near the home where the victims were found, said family members were at the home to pick up some personal belongings Monday afternoon.
Coats said the man who died lived there and it was his girlfriend who also died in the shooting. She said it was unclear to her whether the woman also lived there. She said the couple appeared to be in their 20s, but she didn’t know them.
Coats has lived in her Rabeneck Way home since 2014, and said the young man who died has lived there the entire time. She said she left to work shortly after 8 a.m., and her fiance left about 8:15 a.m., and they didn’t hear any gunshots.
“It’s a really nice neighborhood, nothing like this ever happens,” Coats said.
The Sacramento County Coroner’s Office will release the names of the two people who died once their families have been properly notified.
Detectives asked anyone with information about this fatal shooting to call deputies at 916-874-5115 or Sacramento Valley Crime Stoppers at 916-443-4357. Tips can also be submitted confidentially through the P3 Tips website and app.
This story was originally published March 22, 2021 at 5:05 PM.
