It’s believed that “multiple shooters with multiple guns” were exchanging fire. “Both the duration of the gunfire and the number of casings recovered are consistent with full-auto fire,” said a law enforcement official with knowledge of the investigation.Ī second law enforcement source who was near the scene described hearing what sounded like full-auto gunfire, which echoed off the tall buildings in downtown Sacramento. They were called to Cedar and Church Avenues shortly after 3:30 Monday morning for reports of a. Law enforcement sources say witness reports, physical evidence, and videos of the events that night have led them to believe that at least one of the guns used was a fully automatic weapon, most likely one that was equipped with an illegal conversion device. (KFSN) - Fresno police officers are investigating a shooting in southeast Fresno. Video from the scene shows chaos and a crowd scrambling after gunshots ring out, including a burst of the sort of rapid fire that typically comes from a machine gun. (Fox News) A 23-year-old man was later found and arrested and a gun believed to have been used in the shooting was seized in the area, police said. The shooting began after a fight broke out around 2:00 am in a popular nightlife area just blocks away from the state Capitol. California law enforcement officials suspect a handgun converted to fire like a machine gun was among the weapons used in the mass shooting that left six dead and 12 wounded in Sacramento on April 3.

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