Sacramento, California

From Sacramento’s KCRAchannel.com of March 30, 2005

Police: Chainsaw, Shotgun Involved In Weekend Shooting

1 Dead After Altercation On South Sacramento Street

Sacramento police are searching at least one person involved in a shooting that happened Sunday afternoon.

Investigators said the incident happened on Scarborough way in south Sacramento, and involved a man armed with a chainsaw and another armed with a shotgun.

Police said they believe a car with three people inside randomly stopped on the street near Mack Road and Highway 99 and an altercation with the victim followed.

"The victim retrieved (the chainsaw) from the trunk and was swinging it at one of the occupants of the car, who in turn fired back at the victim," Sacramento Police Department Sgt. Bob McCloskey said.

The man with the chainsaw, whose identity has not been released, was pronounced dead at the scene.

The people in the car fled the scene. Police said it's believed they live in the area.

News of the shooting shocked nearby residents.

"It's a quiet neighborhood, everybody is pretty respectable, nothing like that ever happens around here," resident Jim Devissher said.

No subsequent stories about this incident were found.