SACRAMENTO – Police are investigating a homicide in south Sacramento after officers said a woman who was shot died on Sunday evening.
It started with a welfare call to the Sacramento Police Department to a home on Ventura Street at around 4 p.m. Sunday.
“While they were conducting that welfare check officers heard sounds of shots fired, they retreated out of that area,” said spokesperson for the Sacramento Police Department Anthony Gamble.
Then dozens of more officers showed up to create a large perimeter stretching from 47th to Encinal Avenue.
This allowed SWAT and investigators to move in on the ground and a chopper to circle up above to give them eyes from the sky.
CBS13 asked police if they could confirm if any officers were shot at. Gamble said this was unconfirmed.
“There were some initial reports that maybe the officers thought they were being shot at, but that is unconfirmed at this time,” said Gamble. “We just know officers did hear sounds of shots fired.”