Parents and students were left “shocked” and “horrified” by shots fired nearby during a competition between teenage rowers in California.
West Sacramento police are investigating after at least three gunshots were fired on the water near teenage rowers on April 20 while the Oakland Stroke Rowing Club was competing on the deep channel of the Sacramento River. .
Police said 15 and 16-year-olds were boating at the time.
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General rowing team. On April 20, a shooting occurred near a rowing team in California, and West Sacramento police are investigating. (AP Photo/Camden Courier-Post, Jose F. Moreno)
One parent told Fox 2 people were “shocked” that the gunfire interrupted a “peaceful” environment.
“I was shocked. I think all of us were shocked. It was shocking to see and hear the final sprint of this race in this peaceful, green environment,” Fred Ackerman told the media. .
French rowers take part in a team practice in the waters of the Grand Park Miribert Jonach near Lyon in east-central France on May 10, 2024. (Olivier Chachinol/AFP via Getty Images)
Although dozens of people were around the youth sporting event, no one spotted the alleged shooter, Ackerman said.
“No one saw the shooter,” he said. “There were dozens of people there, as well as boaters and people walking up and down the trail. The police didn’t know where the shots were coming from, but they knew it was a gun.”
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The West Sacramento Police Department encourages anyone with information about the shooting to contact the department’s investigative division.
