‘Armed and dangerous’ suspect wanted after Elk Grove shooting left 1 dead, 3 hurt
Authorities have identified the suspect in Sunday’s shooting at a popular Asian restaurant in Elk Grove that killed one man and wounded three others. The suspect remains at large and is considered “armed and dangerous,” they said.
Elk Grove police said 43-year-old Roderick Bernard Randall, a Sacramento resident, was identified through their investigation into the early morning shooting at Z Town Asian Gastro Bar on the 8400 block of Elk Grove Florin Road.
Randall has not been located, and police urged the public not to approach him and to call 911 immediately if he is seen. Investigators, who did not say how they linked Randall to the shooting, did not release details about a possible motive or what led to the gunfire.
According to the state Department of Justice, Randall is 5-foot-7 and 173 pounds with black hair and brown eyes. He also goes by the aliases Roderick Brian Randall and Fatso Irving. Justice officials said Randall, who is considered homeless, and is a registered sex offender following convictions for lewd and lascivious acts with a minor and pimping a minor under the age of 16 in 2003.
According to court records and previous Bee reporting, Randall was also one of five men convicted in 2014 following a gang-related shooting that killed one man and wounding another.
Randall, who was 29 at the time of the shooting, along with Lam Luong, Conrad Johnson, Jhordan Villaneuva and Danny Do were convicted of four counts of premeditated attempted murder in the 2012 daytime shooting outside a shopping center at 65th Street Expressway and 53rd Avenue in south Sacramento. The strip mall was a known hangout of the KZT and Viet Pride street gangs, authorities said at the time.
Randall was sentenced to 88 years to life at the time but was released in 2023 following changes to the state’s sentencing laws. According to the Sacramento County District Attorney’s Office, Randall’s convictions “were overturned and dismissed,” they said.
“In January 2019, the California Legislature enacted Penal Code Section 1172.6, one of many criminal justice reform laws,” the D.A.’s Office said in a statement Tuesday. “This law eliminated criminal liability for murder and attempted murder for aiders and abettors who were convicted under the theory of natural and probable consequences.”
Officials from the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation declined to comment Monday night.
“CDCR policy requires that we check with the investigating agency to confirm providing information would not hamper an active investigation,” a spokesperson said.
In Sunday’s incident, officers responded to the Korean restaurant and bar around 1:30 a.m. and found three men with gunshot wounds. One of them — an 18-year-old — was pronounced dead at the scene. A 34-year-old man and a 26-year-old man were taken to a hospital for treatment, police said.
A fourth victim, a 25-year-old man, drove himself to a hospital later that morning.
The 34-year-old remained in critical condition as of Monday night, according to officers. The other two hospitalized victims were in stable condition and expected to survive, police said.
The identity of the man who died has not been released by the Sacramento County Coroner’s Office.
Anyone with information about Randall’s whereabouts is asked to call the Elk Grove Police Department at 916-714-5115 or Sacramento Valley Crime Stoppers at 916-443-4357. Tips to Crime Stoppers can be anonymous and may be eligible for a reward up to $1,000.
This story was originally published November 3, 2025 at 7:24 PM.
