Update: Suspect surrenders after Sacramento Police say he fired on them in vehicle pursuit
A suspect who police say fired on officers during a vehicle pursuit before leading them on a search of a south Sacramento neighborhood has surrendered.
Authorities cornered the man in a neighborhood not far from Lemon Hill Avenue before he walked out of a home shirtless with his hands raised around 8:30 p.m.
“Suspect was located alone inside of a residence,” the Sacramento Police Department said in a social media update. “Crisis negotiators established contact and SWAT officers were able to safely detain the suspect.”
Police remain in the area and the perimeter, which was set up just after 5 p.m., is expected to remain in place for several hours.
Officer Karl Chan, a spokesman for the department, said the incident started when officers tried to stop a stolen vehicle at Fruitridge Road and 65th Street Expressway. The driver sped away, Chan said, triggering a pursuit.
“During that pursuit, the suspect — the only person in the vehicle — fired multiple shots our officers,” Chan said.
No officers were injured from gunfire, Chan said, and no officers fired on the suspect during the pursuit.
Officers told dispatchers that the vehicle was firing rounds from the sunroof as the pursuit wound through residential streets and thoroughfares between 25 and 50 mph. The pursuit lasted several minute before, according to the department, the driver pulled into a “dead end” near Wallace and 38th avenues.
The gunman then “fled on foot and continued to go into the neighborhood,” according to Chan.
Police said the gunman, a man in his 30s, tried at one point to break into a residence as he eluded authorities, but it was unclear if anyone was inside at the time. Chan said the residents of the home were contacted and were uninjured.
While the suspect exited a home to surrender, where he was holed up was not immediately disclosed, but officers at the scene said he had made significant damage to the property, including a hole in a ceiling.
During the search, Chan said police went door to door to contact residents inside the perimeter as they looked for the gunman. Chan said officers were evacuating homes as needed during the search.
Several agencies assisted in the search, including Elk Grove police and the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office.
This story was originally published July 7, 2021 at 5:50 PM.
