Fair Oaks apartment complex evacuated amid shooting, standoff situation involving Sacramento deputies
The subject of the investigation is believed to be isolated in an apartment.
Updated: 12:36 PM PDT Mar 15, 2024
WE BEGIN WITH BREAKING NEWS THAT BREAKING NEWS RIGHT NOW IN SACRAMENTO COUNTY FAIR OAKS SPECIFICALLY. THANKS FOR JOINING US. I’M LISA GONZALEZ. SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES INVOLVED IN A SHOOTING ON WINDING WAY. WE’RE STILL WORKING TO GET THE LATEST INFORMATION ON EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED. THIS ALL STARTED ABOUT IN THE 10:00 HOUR, ABOUT 1020 THIS MORNING. THESE ARE SOME OF THE PICTURES FROM THE SCENE TAKEN FROM ACROSS THE STREET OF AN APARTMENT COMPLEX, WHERE THERE IS A STANDOFF SITUATION. SO THERE ARE EVACUATIONS HAPPENING AT THE APARTMENT COMPLEX RIGHT NOW. SOME PEOPLE ALSO BEING ASKED TO SHELTER IN PLACE. WE KNOW DEPUTIES ARE OKAY AND SAFE AT THIS TIME. WE HAVE LIVE TEAM COVERAGE FOR YOU OF THIS BREAKING NEWS RIGHT NOW. KCRA 3’S DENEEKA HILL JOINS US WITH THE VERY LATEST DENEEKA. YEAH. LISA. SO WE WERE ACTUALLY ABLE TO JUST SPEAK WITH DEPUTIES HERE ON THE SCENE. THEY TELL US THAT THIS STILL IS AN ACTIVE STANDOFF. I WANT TO STEP OUT OF THE SHOT AND SHOW YOU EXACTLY WHAT WHAT WE’RE SEEING OUT HERE ON THE SCENE. SEVERAL POLICE OFFICERS HERE AT HAZEL RANCH, AS YOU MENTIONED, THIS ALL POPPED OFF AROUND. 10:00 THIS MORNING. ACCORDING TO DEPUTIES, THEY WEREN’T ABLE TO CONFIRM THAT THAT SUSPECT DID SHOOT. THEY DID SAY, HOWEVER, DEPUTIES DID FIRE SHOTS AT THAT SUSPECT. AT THE TIME, THEY COULD NOT CONFIRM WHETHER THAT SUSPECT WAS HIT OR NOT. THEY SAY THAT THE DEPUTIES, HOWEVER, IN THIS SITUATION ARE ALL OKAY. NOW, WE’VE BEEN OUT HERE ON THIS PART OF THE SCENE. WE WENT OVER TO SPEAK WITH THE DEPUTY A LITTLE WAYS AWAY, BUT HERE AT THIS SCENE, WE’VE BEEN HERE ABOUT 15 MINUTES NOW. I SPOKE WITH A COUPLE WITNESSES ON THE SCENE. THEY TOLD ME WITHIN THE LAST 15 MINUTES THEY HEARD SEVERAL GUNSHOTS COMING FROM THIS APARTMENT COMPLEX. THEY SAY THEY THEN SAW OFFICERS RUNNING. HOWEVER, WE CAN’T CONFIRM IF THOSE GUNSHOTS WERE RELATED TO THIS ACTUAL SITUATION. IF THE SUSPECT WAS SHOT, IF ANYBODY ELSE WAS HURT IN THIS RIGHT NOW, ALL THAT WE KNOW IS THAT THIS IS AN ACTIVE SITUATION INVOLVING DEPUTIES INVOLVING A SUSPECT, AND THEY ARE CALLING THIS AN ACTIVE THREAT RIGHT NOW. THEY’RE ENCOURAGING PEOPLE, URGING PEOPLE, IF YOU’RE IN THIS AREA, JUST DON’T COME OVER HERE BECAUSE OF THIS SCENE. AND AGAIN, YOU CAN JUST SEE HOW MANY DEPUTIES ARE OUT HERE. WE KNOW ROADWAYS ARE BLOCKED ALL ALONG HAZEL AVE. SO IF YOU’RE GOING TO TRY TO COME THROUGH HERE, YOU’RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO MAKE IT THROUGH. JUST AVOID THIS AREA IF POSSIBLE. HERE IN FAIR OAKS, DENEEKA HILL KCRA 3 NEWS DENEEKA. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE LIVE REPORT. AS DENEEKA MENTIONED, THIS IS ON ON WINDING. WAY, THE 8800 BLOCK OF WINDING WAY. NOT FAR FROM HAZEL AVENUE. LET’S CONTINUE OUR TEAM COVERAGE NOW. KCRA 3’S ERIN HEFT GET A DIFFERENT VANTAGE POINT FOR US. AND ERIN, YOU ACTUALLY HEARD SHOTS ABOUT TEN, 15 MINUTES AGO. YEAH. AS SOON AS WE PULLED UP, GOT OUT OF THE VAN. AS SOON AS I OPENED THE DOOR, I COUNTED AT LEAST SIX, IF NOT EIGHT, SHOTS FIRED. TAKE A LOOK. SO WE’RE STANDING OFF OF HAZEL AVENUE RIGHT NOW. THIS IS AN OBVIOUS COMMAND POST. WE’RE SEEING SWAT OPERATORS. WE’RE SEEING SHERIFF DEPUTIES. WE’RE ALSO SEEING METRO FIRE SACRAMENTO METRO FIRE DEPARTMENT RIGHT NOW. BUT IF YOU SHOOT, IF YOU IF WE PAN UP INTO THE SKY, YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THE SHERIFF’S DEPUTY HELICOPTER AND SEVERAL DRONES. WE ALSO HEARD SOME CONVERSATION AS WE WORKED OUR WAY THROUGH THE SCENE THAT THE SHOTS ARE BEING FIRED IN THE BACK CORNER OF THIS APARTMENT COMPLEX, AND IF I PULL THAT UP RIGHT NOW, THAT APARTMENT COMPLEX SEEMS TO BE HAZEL RANCH APARTMENT COMPLEX. THAT’S WHAT THE AIR CRAFT AT LEAST ARE GOING OVER AT THIS POINT. NO SHOTS FIRED SINCE WE ARRIVED ABOUT 15 MINUTES AGO, BUT VERY AGGRESSIVE. ONE POP POP POP POP POP AFTER ANOTHER. HAVEN’T HEARD ANYTHING IN MY LIFE THAT CLOSE IN PROXIMITY. AND AGAIN, SWAT SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES SAC METRO FIRE ON SCENE. ACTUALLY, AS WE ARRIVED TO THE SCENE, WE SAW A SWAT BAIL OUT OF THEIR CAR. THEY ALSO HAVE SEVERAL OTHER SWAT VEHICLES ON WINDING WAY JUST ADJACENT FROM WHERE WE’RE AT ON HAZEL AVENUE. SO THEY’RE USING A LOT OF TECHNIQUES, TRYING TO NEGOTIATE AND SPEAK WITH THIS PERSON IN THEIR APARTMENT. AT THIS POINT. BUT THE LAST THAT WE HEARD, THIS PERSON IN THE APARTMENT COMPLEX, NO DEPUTIES OR PERSONNEL INJURED AT THIS TIME, NO WORD AS TO WHAT’S HAPPENING INSIDE OF THAT APARTMENT AT THIS TIME. BUT AT LAST CHECK ABOUT 15, MAYBE 17 MINUTES AGO. AT THIS POINT, THERE WAS ACTIVE FIRING IN THIS VICINITY, LISA AND AARON, JUST TO GIVE US A LITTLE PERSPECTIVE. SO I KNOW HAZEL AVENUE IS NEXT YEAR ON YOUR RIGHT SHOULDER. THERE. AND I’M GUESSING WINDING WAY YOU WOULD BE FACING IT. CAN YOU HAVE YOUR PHOTOGRAPHER KIND OF SHOW US WHERE THE APARTMENT COMPLEX IS IN RELATION TO THAT? THAT STRIP MALL THERE WHERE THE MIKUNI’S IS LOCATED AND THE APARTMENT COMPLEX IS. THAT’S WHY THE CAMERA IS FACING THIS DIRECTION. IF YOU LOOK SO THE DONUT STOP RIGHT THERE. IF YOU LOOK OVER THIS BUILDING, YOU CAN SEE CHIMNEYS AND SECOND STORIES JUST PAST THESE LARGE TREES. THAT’S THE APARTMENT COMPLEX. SO THIS ENTIRE SHOPPING COMPLEX FLANKS THE SIDE OF THE APARTMENT COMPLEXES. AND ACCORDING TO DEPUTIES, THERE WAS THE FIRING CAME FROM THE BACK QUADRANT OF THIS APARTMENT COMPLEX. SO THAT’S WHY IT SOUNDED SO CLOSE. THAT’S WHY THIS ENTIRE SHOPPING COMPLEX IS GUARDED OFF BY SHERIFF DEPUTY VEHICLES AT THIS TIME. OKAY. YES. AND SO YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THAT THAT BACK PART OF THE APARTMENT COMPLEX EARLIER. THAT IS WHAT IS BACKING UP TO THAT STRIP MALL THERE. ALL RIGHT. AARON HAVE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE LIVE REPORTS. WE’LL BE CHECKING BACK IN WITH YOU. AND WE ALSO JUST GOT SOME NEW PICTURES FROM THE SCENE FROM A DIFFERENT VANTAGE POINT. WE WANT TO SHOW YOU THESE PICTURES FROM VALERIE RULE. AND YOU CAN SEE THE SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT WITH SOME OF THEIR SWAT GEAR OUT THERE, THEIR TACTICAL GEAR PROVIDING SHELTER FOR THEIR OFFICERS. THIS WAS TAKEN FROM A LONG, WINDING WAY RIGHT IN FRONT OF THAT APARTMENT COMPLEX. AND WINDING WAY IS CLOSED RIGHT NOW BECAUSE OF THE ONGOING POTENTIAL DANGER TO POLICE. AND TO PEOPLE. THE LARGE OFFICER PRESENCE YOU CAN SEE HERE FOR YOURSELF IN THIS PHOTO AS WELL. AND IN THIS PICTURE HERE, IT APPEARS A DEPUTY IS USING THEIR VEHICLE FOR COVER. YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE IN THE DISTANCE. WE WILL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THIS BREAKING NEWS FROM THE SACRAMENT COUNTY, BOTH ON AIR AND ON THE KCRA THREE APP. MAKE SURE YOU ENABLE YOUR BREAKING NEWS PUSH ALERTS SO YOU GET TH
Fair Oaks apartment complex evacuated amid shooting, standoff situation involving Sacramento deputies
The subject of the investigation is believed to be isolated in an apartment.
Updated: 12:36 PM PDT Mar 15, 2024
Sheriff’s deputies and a SWAT team are involved in a shooting and standoff situation at an apartment complex in the Fair Oaks area of Sacramento County on Friday. Evacuations at the complex are underway and there is an active threat, a sheriff’s office spokesperson said. The subject of the shooting investigation is isolated in an apartment and deputies are communicating with him by phone, Sgt. Amar Gandhi said. Shots were reported as being fired after 10 a.m. in the 8800 block of Winding Way near Hazel Avenue, Gandhi said. The situation appears to be unfolding at the Hazel Ranch apartment complex. Deputies discovered a bullet hole in a window and then “an officer-involved shooting ensued,” Gandhi said. Gandhi confirmed that deputies fired at the person but would not confirm whether the person who fired shots had fired at deputies. All the deputies involved are OK and the man in the apartment is believed to be alone and uninjured as well.KCRA 3’s Erin Heft reported hearing more shots being fired from the scene just before noon. People are being asked to stay away from the apartment complex. A Mikuni restaurant in the area nearby has closed. This story is developing and details may change as more information becomes available. Stay with KCRA 3 for updates. See live updates from our noon newscast below. See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app.
Sheriff’s deputies and a SWAT team are involved in a shooting and standoff situation at an apartment complex in the Fair Oaks area of Sacramento County on Friday.
Evacuations at the complex are underway and there is an active threat, a sheriff’s office spokesperson said.
The subject of the shooting investigation is isolated in an apartment and deputies are communicating with him by phone, Sgt. Amar Gandhi said.
Shots were reported as being fired after 10 a.m. in the 8800 block of Winding Way near Hazel Avenue, Gandhi said. The situation appears to be unfolding at the Hazel Ranch apartment complex.
Deputies discovered a bullet hole in a window and then “an officer-involved shooting ensued,” Gandhi said.
Gandhi confirmed that deputies fired at the person but would not confirm whether the person who fired shots had fired at deputies.
All the deputies involved are OK and the man in the apartment is believed to be alone and uninjured as well.
KCRA 3’s Erin Heft reported hearing more shots being fired from the scene just before noon.
People are being asked to stay away from the apartment complex.
A Mikuni restaurant in the area nearby has closed.
This story is developing and details may change as more information becomes available. Stay with KCRA 3 for updates. See live updates from our noon newscast below.
See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app.