An early Tuesday morning high-speed chase that spanned across Sacramento County ended on Interstate 5 when deputies fatally shot a man wanted for an armed carjacking, officials said.Sgt. Edward Igoe, a spokesperson for the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office, said the Citrus Heights Police Department notified deputies around 2:30 a.m. about a carjacking in the city. A man pointed a gun at another person, demanding their vehicle and threatening to kill them and any law enforcement who respond to the scene.Igoe said at some point during this carjacking, the gunman fired one round before driving away. Around 3 a.m., deputies spotted the vehicle at Marconi and Eastern avenues in the Arden-Arcade area.Deputies tried pulling the driver over, but Igoe said they kept going, prompting a high-speed chase throughout parts of the county, going as far as the Sacramento International Airport before reaching I-5 at Arena Boulevard in the Natomas area.Throughout the chase, Igoe said the driver would repeatedly point his gun at deputies from outside the window. Igoe said deputies used a tire deflation device on the vehicle, but the driver kept going until he got out of the vehicle on the freeway at Arena Boulevard and pointed his gun at deputies, prompting four deputies to shoot at him.After the shooting, deputies tried giving the driver medical aid, but Igoe said he died at the scene. A KCRA 3 crew observed what appears to be a body on the road. A partition is up, blocking the view of the person on the roadway.No deputies were injured in the shooting. Details were not released on how many deputies shot their guns or how many rounds were fired. The identity of the man is not known.Southbound I-5 had been closed for much of the morning until KCRA 3’s Peyton Headlee observed at 11:30 a.m. that one lane had opened. See traffic conditions here.This is a developing story. Stay with KCRA 3 for updates.See news happening? Send us your photos or videos if it’s safe to do so at kcra.com/upload.See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app | Subscribe to our morning newsletter | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel
An early Tuesday morning high-speed chase that spanned across Sacramento County ended on Interstate 5 when deputies fatally shot a man wanted for an armed carjacking, officials said.
Sgt. Edward Igoe, a spokesperson for the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office, said the Citrus Heights Police Department notified deputies around 2:30 a.m. about a carjacking in the city. A man pointed a gun at another person, demanding their vehicle and threatening to kill them and any law enforcement who respond to the scene.
Igoe said at some point during this carjacking, the gunman fired one round before driving away. Around 3 a.m., deputies spotted the vehicle at Marconi and Eastern avenues in the Arden-Arcade area.
Deputies tried pulling the driver over, but Igoe said they kept going, prompting a high-speed chase throughout parts of the county, going as far as the Sacramento International Airport before reaching I-5 at Arena Boulevard in the Natomas area.
Throughout the chase, Igoe said the driver would repeatedly point his gun at deputies from outside the window. Igoe said deputies used a tire deflation device on the vehicle, but the driver kept going until he got out of the vehicle on the freeway at Arena Boulevard and pointed his gun at deputies, prompting four deputies to shoot at him.
After the shooting, deputies tried giving the driver medical aid, but Igoe said he died at the scene. A KCRA 3 crew observed what appears to be a body on the road. A partition is up, blocking the view of the person on the roadway.
No deputies were injured in the shooting. Details were not released on how many deputies shot their guns or how many rounds were fired. The identity of the man is not known.
Southbound I-5 had been closed for much of the morning until KCRA 3’s Peyton Headlee observed at 11:30 a.m. that one lane had opened.
This is a developing story. Stay with KCRA 3 for updates.
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