Sacramento police shoot, kill barricaded suspect in standoff at Tahoe Park home
Police shot and killed a suspect Tuesday morning who reportedly fired at officers during an overnight standoff in Sacramento’s Tahoe Park neighborhood.
The shooting happened along the 3700 block of Redding Avenue, the Sacramento Police Department said.
Department spokesman Officer Ryan Woo said the incident started as a welfare check. Responding officers located a man inside a residence “armed with a firearm.” No one else was inside the residence, Woo said.
Approaching officers “observed the described subject arm himself with a rifle and load it,” the Police Department said in a news release Wednesday. “At that point, officers withdrew from the immediate area of the residence, established a perimeter, and attempted to contact the subject.”
After officers set up the perimeter around 8 p.m. Monday, crisis negotiators started attempting to contact the man. A SWAT team was also on scene.
The man was “observed in possession of multiple firearms” over course of the 10-hour incident, Woo said, and fired at officers on “at least three” separate occasions during the extended standoff, Woo said.
Police in Wednesday’s news release said the suspect’s gunfire struck an armored vehicle multiple times but did not strike any officers or citizens.
Around 5 a.m., the man emerged from the house and fired at officers, according to Woo.
Three officers fired at the suspect, who “appeared to be struck at least once,” according to the Wednesday news release. No officers were injured in the exchange, Woo said.
The suspect fled back inside, according to Woo. Police sent a drone into the house and determined it was safe to approach and found the man inside unresponsive.
Firefighters declared the man, who was not identified, dead at the scene with at least one gunshot wound. Woo said there did not appear to be any signs of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Police on Wednesday said the subject was a man in his 50s. His identity has not yet been released by the coroner.
Nearby Hiram Johnson High School was closed Tuesday, Sacramento City Unified School District spokeswoman Tara Gallegos said in an emailed statement.
“Although the situation is now resolved, the area in and around the school is an active crime scene, and heavy police presence will impact traffic to and from the school,” Gallegos wrote.
This story was originally published September 7, 2021 at 7:35 AM.
