RUNNING FOR THEIR LIVES
Sacramento shooting video shows moment 76 shots fired and crowd fleeing in terror as 6 killed in attack
DISTURBING video footage from this weekend's mass shooting in California shows 76 shots fired in 54 seconds as a terrified crowd runs for their lives.
Six people were killed and at least 12 more injured after suspects reportedly opened fire on a nightlife crowd in downtown Sacramento in the early hours of Sunday morning.
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The video, obtained by shows that a fight broke out involving at least three men just before the gunfire started.
"We know that a large fight took place just prior to the shooting and we have confirmed that there are multiple shooters," Sacramento Police Chief Kathy Lester said Sunday afternoon at a press conference.
"The scale of violence that just happened in our city is unprecedented in my 27 years at the Sacramento Police Department."
All six victims, three men and three women, have been confirmed: 32-year-old Joshua Hoye-Lucchesi; 29-year-old DeVazia Turner; 21-year-old Johntaya "JoJo "Alexander; Melinda Davis, 57; Yamile Martinez-Andrade, 21; and Sergio Harris, 38, according to .
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“Hopefully they’ll catch these people and prosecute them to the fullest,” Sergio Harris’ grieving mom Pamela said on the Today Show on Monday.
“Because this was senseless.
“He has two young daughters that love him dearly, and he loved them. They’re not gonna see their father anymore."
Police have not yet identified the shooters as they're still searching for multiple suspects.
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However, Lester said that authorities recovered a stolen handgun.
Pop stars and ex-Disney duo Aly & AJ revealed on Sunday that they were "caught in the crossfire" of the shooting while exiting a venue they had just performed at, but sheltered in place on their tour bus until the coast was clear.
“Distraught by the mass shooting last night outside the venue in Sacramento,”
“Thank you for everyone reaching out.
“A reminder to keep your loved ones extra close today. We have to do something about gun violence in this country.”
President Joe Biden made a statement on Sunday responding to the tragic shooting with calls for new gun laws.
“Today, America once again mourns for another community devastated by gun violence,” Biden said.
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“But we must do more than mourn; we must act.”
This is the second mass shooting that Sacramento has suffered in the past five weeks.
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