SACRAMENTO COUNTY, Calif. — A Sacramento-area musician says an act of kindness turned into a traumatic armed carjacking that ended in a deadly officer-involved shooting.
Alexander Opdyke said he was outside a Safeway on Greenback Lane in Citrus Heights trying to connect to Wi-Fi due to phone service issues when he struck up a conversation with a man carrying a gas can.
“He had a gas can in his hand and I asked him if he needed a ride to the gas station,” said Opdyke. “it’s like a mile or two too far to walk. He had his girl in the car”…