INTERNATIONAL: Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg said Sunday 3rd April that "thoughts and prayers are not nearly enough, " after six people were killed and 10 injured in an early-morning shooting on a Sacramento street busy with revelers, and police said they were still searching for suspects with no one in custody.
Steinberg called for action on gun control.
. "How many unending tragedies does it take before we begin to cure the sickness in this country. Let us be honest this is a sickness. The fact that we accept the idea that people can have ready access to assault weapons to weapons of destruction and can indiscriminately use them however and wherever they want." Steinberg said.
The shooting occurred at about 2 a.m. PT (0900 GMT), Lester said, near the Golden 1 Center, an arena where the Sacramento Kings basketball team plays and concerts take place.
People could be seen hurling themselves on the ground after gunshots rang out in downtown Sacramento, the site of a mass shooting on Sunday morning.
Gerrard Smith was driving through the area when he heard the shots.
"People just started diving down on the ground and falling down. And the next thing I know, someone fell in front of my truck. I was trying to get out of the way."
Hours later, Smith realized there was a bullet hole In the side of his truck and his front light was broken.
Six people were killed and 10 injured in an early-morning shooting on street busy with revelers, and police said they were still searching for suspects with no one in custody.
SACRAMENTO MAYOR DARRELL STEINBERG, SAYING: "This morning our city has a broken heart. This is a senseless and unacceptable tragedy. And I emphasize the word 'unacceptable.' Thoughts and prayers are of course appropriate for the victims and their families, and for the people who are fighting for their lives now in the hospital. But thoughts and prayers are not nearly enough."
"As a state and as a nation, this senseless epidemic of gun violence must be addressed. How many unending tragedies does it take before we begin to cure the sickness in this country? Let us be honest this is a sickness. The fact that we accept the idea that people can have ready access to assault weapons to weapons of destruction and can indiscriminately use them however and wherever they want. That is not just an exception, it happens far too often. It is a sickness in our culture. And we must do everything we can to heal that sickness. We do not know the facts and we do not actually know the facts and we are not here to comment on the investigation. That's the role of Sacramento Police Department."
