1 dead as Sacramento police investigate fatal River District shooting

Sacramento police are investigating a deadly shooting early Wednesday in the city’s River District, said Sacramento Police Department officials.

Officers were called to reports of a shooting in the 200 block of Bannon Street after 12:45 a.m., finding the wounded man who was taken to a hospital. The unidentified man later died at the hospital. Sacramento County coroner’s officials will release the victim’s identity after notifying next of kin.

Homicide and crime scene investigators gathered evidence at the scene. Department officials had no information on a suspect in the shooting Wednesday morning.

Anyone with information is asked to call Sacramento Police Department dispatchers at 916-443-4357.

Darrell Smith

The Sacramento Bee

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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.