Crime

Man shot dead in Walnut Grove

Sacramento County sheriff’s detectives are investigating the killing of a man in Walnut Grove on Sunday night.

Sheriff’s dispatchers received a call just after 10 p.m. about the shooting in the 14200 block of Railroad Avenue. Deputies and the Cosumnes and Walnut Grove fire departments responded.

They found a 50-year-old man with a gunshot wound in his abdomen, officials said. Responders tried to stabilize his condition and called a medical helicopter, but the man was pronounced dead at the scene.

Detectives had not identified a motive or a suspect.

Bill Lindelof: 916-321-1079, @Lindelofnews

This story was originally published February 8, 2016 at 6:25 AM.

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