An off-duty Sacramento police detective disarmed a man who carried a loaded handgun into a crowded Ash Wednesday Mass at St Mary’s Parish School, Sacramento police said.
The unnamed man is now in Sacramento County custody on weapons-related charges. Their motive or intent remain unknown, said Sacramento Police Department officials.
The detective, a parent attending the all-school Mass in a church at the parochial school in the 1300 block of 58th Street, noticed what police officials said was a suspicious person who asked to enter the building…