Highway 50 traffic resumes in Sacramento after standoff situation that followed deadly shooting
Traffic is delayed on eastbound Highway 50 near Howe Avenue in Sacramento following a standoff situation that was linked to a deadly shooting nearby, officials said.
One lane of traffic is now moving eastbound while lanes have reopened westbound.
The law enforcement activity was related to a deadly shooting outside a Panera Bread on Howe Avenue, the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office confirmed.
The sheriff’s office said that at approximately 3 p.m., a shooting was reported in the 800 block of Howe Avenue.
Sheriff’s spokesman Alex Zakrzewski said that a man fatally shot a woman in the parking lot near the Panera Bread on the corner of Howe and Northrup avenues. It was unclear if they knew each other.
The Fire Department pronounced the woman dead at the scene.
Witnesses shared an image of the vehicle’s license plate and Sacramento Regional Transit located the car on Highway 50, a sheriff’s office spokesman said.
The spokesperson said the suspect stopped his vehicle on the roadway and refused to get out of the vehicle. He then died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
LiveCopter 3 footage after 3:20 p.m. showed law enforcement personnel surrounding the vehicle with their guns drawn. Surveillance drones could be seen hovering close to the car to assist law enforcement.
Later, law enforcement personnel could be seen banging out the vehicle’s windows and then removing the man from the vehicle. He was unresponsive.
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This was the second time Highway 50 was shut down today.
Early Tuesday morning, officers from three separate law enforcement agencies shot at a driver after a pursuit that ended along Highway 50 near Hazel Avenue. The confrontation left the driver dead.
Learn more about that shooting here.
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