‘It felt like a rock’: Sacramento grandfather shot in head during Oak Park shooting that injured 4, including a 4-year-old

Four people, including a 66-year-old grandfather and a 4-year-old, were shot in Sacramento’s Oak Park.

OAK PARK, Calif. — A Sacramento grandfather says he is grateful to be alive after being shot in the head during a shooting that injured four people, including a 4-year-old child, in an Oak Park neighborhood.

Sacramento police say the shooting happened Wednesday on 9th Avenue and may have been a drive-by. Officers are still searching for a suspect and have not released any description.

Fredrick Rutledge said he was sitting on his living room couch watching TV when he heard gunfire just outside his home.

“It felt like I got hit in the head by a rock,” Rutledge said.

He said bullets came through the wall in front of him as the shots rang out.

“I was watching TV and everything, then I heard pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, you know?” Rutledge said. “But it was just right outside, so I went to stand up, and then when I stood up, I told my wife, ‘I think I’ve been hit.'”

Rutledge told his wife to drop to the floor before realizing he had been shot in the side of his head. He asked her to call 911.

The 66-year-old was taken to a hospital, where he stayed overnight and underwent surgery to remove the bullet. Police said four people were shot, including another man, a woman and a 4-year-old child.

Neighbor Jack Lowas, who lives across the street, said the shooting left residents terrified.

“Everybody on the street was in fear for their life. Bullets flew everywhere, hit this house, hit their house,” Lowas said.

Lowas said he has been in contact with the family of the child and the child’s grandmother, who were both injured.

“She’s doing well. She was shot in the chest and in the stomach. Right now, she’s got a bullet lodged behind her heart, and I heard she just finished her 4th surgery,” Lowas said. “She’s in the ICU, but she’s supposed to live. Thank God, and thank God for all the prayers from everybody.”

He said the shooting happened too close to home, pointing to damage left behind, and including a car in a neighbor’s driveway that was struck by gunfire.

“Turn them in. Check your cameras. Check everything,” Lowas said. “We gotta get them.”

Police said all victims are expected to survive. No arrests have been made, and investigators are asking anyone with information to come forward.