One man killed in shooting in Pocket shopping center parking lot, Sacramento police say

A man is dead following a shooting in south Sacramento late Tuesday, the Sacramento Police Department said.

Officers responded to the 1000 block of Florin Road in the Pocket neighborhood around 11:40 p.m. after receiving reports of a shooting, the Police Department said in a news release.

When they arrived, officers found one man who had suffered a gunshot wound. Officers began performing medical aid until personnel from the Sacramento Fire Department arrived. The man was transported to a hospital where he was pronounced dead.

Homicide detectives took over the crime scene, canvassed the area and collected evidence, police said.

The crime scene was in the Lake Crest Village shopping center, which has a Marshall’s and Nugget Market, and is not far from the Florin Road entrance to Interstate 5. According to dispatch recordings archived by Broadcastify.com, the call of the shooting came from Nugget Market where witnesses described a person shot in the abdomen lying in the parking lot.

Less than 10 minutes before the shooting, police were dispatched to an apartment complex on the 400 block of Florin after a 911 call indicated a man had fired a weapon into the air before running away.

A suspect in either incident — the department declined to say whether they were related — had not been located.

Police did say the shopping center investigation “remains in its early stages and the exact circumstances of what occurred remain under investigation.”

Anyone with information about this shooting is asked to call the Sacramento Police Department at 916-808-5471. Callers can remain anonymous and be eligible for a reward of up to $1,000.

The identity of the deceased will be released by the Sacramento County Coroner after notification of the next of kin.