Crime

Two people dead in apparent murder-suicide in West Sacramento, police say

Homicide investigation

Two people are dead in a West Sacramento shooting that police called a murder-suicide.

West Sacramento police were investigating the deadly Wednesday morning shooting in the 900 block of F Street, department officials said in a brief statement posted to social media. Officers responded to calls of shots fired to find the two dead.

No information was immediately available on the victims’ identity, relationship to one another or what led to the shooting.

Detectives are focusing their probe on the area of F Street and Jefferson Boulevard, according to the statement.

Darrell Smith
The Sacramento Bee
Darrell Smith is a local reporter for The Sacramento Bee. He joined The Bee in 2006 and previously worked at newspapers in Palm Springs, Colorado Springs and Marysville. Smith was born and raised at Beale Air Force Base and lives in Elk Grove.
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