Police said two people were injured in a shooting outside the Westin hotel on Tuesday afternoon during a drug deal in Sacramento. Officials replied to the hotel after reports of the shooting at around 12:25 p.m. rooms. Finally, four people involved got into a brawl outside the hotel. One person from each side was rushed to the hospital with gunshot wounds. The other parties involved then fled the scene after the shooting, police said. An official told KCRA 3 that this was due to a drug deal where negotiations went awry. When officers arrived, they found two victims with non-life threatening injuries, Sacramento police said, and investigators believe the shooting was an isolated incident. No suspicious information was available. This is a developing story.
SACRAMENTO, California –
Police said two people were injured in a shooting during a drug deal in Sacramento in front of The Westin hotel on Tuesday afternoon.
Officials replied to the hotel about 12.25 p.m. after reports of the shooting
According to police, the situation began in one of the hotel rooms. Finally, four people involved got into a brawl outside the hotel.
One person from each side was rushed to the hospital with gunshot wounds. The other involved fled the scene after the shooting, the police said.
An official told KCRA 3 that this was due to a drug deal where negotiations went awry.
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Drug deal went wrong. Two men were hospitalized and two others were on the run after a shooting in the Westin Sacramento this afternoon. More to @kcranews
2 men hospitalized after being shot at the Westin Sacramento Hotel. @SacPolice says this is a failed drug deal. pic.twitter.com/xmYgx7rWE1
-Maricela De La Cruz (@MaricelaDLCKCRA) October 19, 2021
When the officers arrived, they found two victims with non-life threatening injuries, Sacramento police said.
The investigators assume that the shooting is an isolated incident.
There was no suspicious information.
This is a developing story.
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