Authorities release name of Carmichael man fatally shot New Year’s Day in south Sacramento
Officials have released the name of a Carmichael man who was killed in a shooting on New Year’s Day in a south Sacramento neighborhood.
Dalonnie Lance Wyatt-Surgeon, 26, was shot in front of a home in the 7300 block of Berna Way, according to the Sacramento County Coroner’s Office.
Shortly before 5 p.m. Saturday, deputies were called to the scene on Berna Way for a report of a shooting that had just occurred in the residential neighborhood just west of Highway 99 and north of Orange Avenue. A caller told dispatchers there was a man down on the street, according to a news release from the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office.
Deputies arrived and found the injured man, later identified as Wyatt-Surgeon, suffering from at least one gunshot wound. Sheriff’s officials said deputies performed life-saving measures on the injured man as paramedics responded.
The medics placed Wyatt-Surgeon on ambulance, but he died from his injuries on the way to a hospital.
Sheriff’s officials said the preliminary investigation leads detectives to believe the fatal shooting was “an isolated incident.”
Detectives asked anyone with information about the fatal shooting to call the Sheriff’s Office at 916-874-5115 or Sacramento Valley Crime Stoppers at 916-443-4357. Tips can also be submitted confidentially by calling 916-874-8477 or by filling out the Sheriff’s Office online tip form.
This story was originally published January 5, 2022 at 11:57 AM.
