Chase ends in shooting, closing SB Interstate 5 in Sacramento
Part of southbound Interstate 5 is closed in Sacramento Tuesday morning. A chase ended in a shooting, the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office said.
LIVE FROM KCRA THREE NEWS. WE BEGIN WITH BREAKING NEWS. WE’RE FOLLOWING BREAKING NEWS. IT IS ALONG I-5 IN SACRAMENTO. THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS THERE WAS A CHASE AND THAT A SUSPECT HAS BEEN SHOT. THIS IS ALL HAPPENING NEAR I-5 AT ARENA BOULEVARD. LET’S GO RIGHT NOW TO MELANIE WINGO WITH MORE ON WHAT SHE’S LEARNED. GOOD MORNING MELANIE. GOOD MORNING. WE’RE ON THE NORTHBOUND SIDE OF INTERSTATE FIVE RIGHT AT THE ARENA BOULEVARD ON RAMP TO THE NORTHBOUND LANES AND JUST ACROSS FROM WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW. WE CAN SEE WHERE ALL OF THIS CAME TO A HEAD IN THE SOUTHBOUND LANES. THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE CONFIRMING FOR US THIS MORNING THAT THIS ALL STARTED AS A CHASE AND ENDED WITH SHOTS BEING FIRED. IN OUR VIEW, WHERE WE ARE STANDING, WE DID SEE A PERSON ON THE ROADWAY UNRESPONSIVE, AND NOW AUTHORITIES ARE PUTTING UP A PARTITION AROUND THAT PERSON’S BODY. SO THIS DOES APPEAR TO BE A FATAL SITUATION. ACCORDING TO THE SACRAMENTO COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE, NO DEPUTIES WERE INJURED ON THE SCENE. RIGHT NOW, WE’RE SEEING ABOUT A DOZEN SHERIFF’S PATROL VEHICLES. WE KNOW THAT CHP ASSISTED WITH SOME OF THIS PURSUIT. THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF WHAT WE WERE HEARING ON POLICE SCANNERS THROUGHOUT THE MORNING, JUST AFTER ABOUT 3:00 THIS MORNING, IS THAT THEY WERE TRYING TO GET THIS PERSON TO STOP. AND AT TIMES, ACCORDING TO CHATTER OVER THE POLICE SCANNERS, IT APPEARED THE SUSPECT MIGHT HAVE HAD A GUN. NOW, WE KNOW THAT THIS ALL SORT OF WENT THROUGH THE SACRAMENTO AIRPORT. THE THE PARKING LOT, AT LEAST SOME OF THE TERMINALS OUT THERE. WE DON’T BELIEVE THAT AT ANY TIME THERE WAS ANY SORT OF SUSPECT ACTIVITY ON THE INSIDE OF THE TERMINAL. BUT ONCE POLICE DID MANAGE TO GET THEIR CHASE BACK OUT ON THE HIGHWAY, IT ENDED RIGHT HERE IN THE SOUTHBOUND LANES AROUND ARENA BOULEVARD. STILL A LOT OF UNKNOWNS AS TO WHY THE SHERIFF’S DEPUTY STARTED PURSUING THIS INDIVIDUAL IN THE FIRST PLACE. WE KNOW THAT A SHERIFF’S SPOKESPERSON IS ON HIS WAY TO THE SCENE. WE’LL BRING YOU UPDATES THROUGHOUT THE MORNING. REPORTING LIVE NEAR ARENA BOULEVARD. MELANIE WINGO KCRA THREE NEWS. MELANIE, THANK YOU. AND MELANIE WAS REFERENCING THE AIRPORT AND THE CONNECTION THERE. AND IF YOU’RE TRAVELING ALONG SOME OF THE LOCAL ROADS AROUND THERE, THEY DO HAVE THIS UP ON THE DIGITAL BOARDS. BRIAN, BECAUSE OF THE IMPACT FOR PEOPLE TRYING TO GET TO THE AIRPORT. SURE. AND WITH SOUTHBOUND I-5 CLOSED, THAT’S GOING TO BE A MAJOR IMPACT, ESPECIALLY HEADING INTO OUR MORNING COMMUTE. SO WE’LL START HERE WITH A PICTURE FROM THE CAMERA AT EL PASO BOULEVARD. WE’RE LOOKING SOUTH AND THIS IS THE INCIDENT RIGHT HERE. WE’RE ALMOST UNDER THE ARENA BOULEVARD OVERCROSSING. NOW, THE OTHER THING YOU NOTICE IS A LOT OF TRAFFIC COMING ACROSS ARENA BOULEVARD THERE, LOOPING AROUND AND THEN GETTING ONTO I-5 SOUTH. THERE YOU’LL SEE CARS PASSING THROUGH THIS AREA RIGHT HERE. AT LEAST THEY WERE A MOMENT AGO. AND BEING ABLE TO GET BACK ONTO THE FREEWAY. BUT THIS IS RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF WHERE THIS INVESTIGATION IS HAPPENING. AND SO WITH THAT HAPPENING, YOU CAN SEE HERE, SOUTHBOUND FIVE IS CLOSED, NORTHBOUND IS OPEN. SO IF YOU’RE HEADING OUT TO THE AIRPORT OR ONTO WOODLAN, NO PROBLEMS THERE. IT’S THE SOUTHBOUND SIDE OR THE RETURN FROM THE AIRPORT WHERE YOU’RE GOING TO RUN INTO THAT CLOSURE. THAT’S INDICATED BY PURPLE HERE LEADING UP TO ARENA BOULEVARD. YOU CAN SEE BACK BEHIND EL PASO. THAT’S WHERE TRAFFIC BACKS UP NOW ALL THE WAY BACK TOWARDS THAT AIRPORT BOULEVARD RIGHT THERE, METRO PARKWAY. SO TO GET AROUND ALL OF THIS, YOU ARE IF YOU’RE DIVERTED OFF OF EL PASO, YOU CAN COME DOWN EL CENTRO OVER TO AIRPORT, YOU CAN CUT OVER TO EAST COMMERCE OR TRUXEL ROAD, COME OVER TO AIRPORT BOULEVARD OR ARENA BOULEVARD, EXCUSE ME, AND THEN BACK ONTO THE FREEWAY. OR IF YOU’RE COMING FROM WOODLAN
Chase ends in shooting, closing SB Interstate 5 in Sacramento
Part of southbound Interstate 5 is closed in Sacramento Tuesday morning. A chase ended in a shooting, the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office said.
Updated: 5:38 AM PDT Apr 14, 2026
Part of southbound Interstate 5 is closed in Sacramento Tuesday morning. A chase ended in a shooting, the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office said.The shooting happened southbound Interstate 5 near Arena Blvd.A suspect was shot, officials said. They did not release any information about that person’s condition. They also did not say where or why the chase started.Southbound Interstate 5 is closed in the area while deputies investigate.This is a developing story. Stay with KCRA 3 for updates.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. —
Part of southbound Interstate 5 is closed in Sacramento Tuesday morning. A chase ended in a shooting, the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office said.
The shooting happened southbound Interstate 5 near Arena Blvd.
A suspect was shot, officials said. They did not release any information about that person’s condition. They also did not say where or why the chase started.
Southbound Interstate 5 is closed in the area while deputies investigate.
This is a developing story. Stay with KCRA 3 for updates.