A Sacramento-area musician says an act of kindness turned into a traumatic armed carjacking that ended in a deadly officer-involved shooting.

Alexander Opdyke said he was outside a Safeway on Greenback Lane in Citrus Heights trying to connect to Wi-Fi due to phone service issues when he struck up a conversation with a man carrying a gas can.

“He had a gas can in his hand and I asked him if he needed a ride to the gas station,” said Opdyke. “it’s like a mile or two too far to walk. He had his girl in the car”

Opdyke said he offered the man a ride, but the situation quickly escalated after the man and a woman got into his car.

“Almost immediately, he started cussing out his girl and getting loud. The quickly went to me, ‘He’s like, you know, I have to take this car, right? I am like, no, I didn’t gotta do that,” said Opdyke. “He’s like, yeah, I do. I’m going to take this car.”

“He said he’s wanted for 25 to life or something and then he flashes gun at me. Said this is a cop’s gun,” said Opdyke.

Fearing for his life, Opdyke said he tried to de-escalate the situation and ultimately got out of the car.

“I’m not trying to catch the butt of a gun right now to my face or, you know, or to get shot,” said Opdyke.

Opdyke said the suspect fired a shot into the air before driving off with the woman in the stolen vehicle.

The Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office said the suspect later led deputies on a chase that ended on southbound Interstate 5 near Arena Boulevard. Investigators said the suspect pointed a gun at deputies, who then shot and killed him. No deputies were hurt.

“He’s saying he will kill a cop and he will kill me. He doesn’t care,” said Opdyke.

He also said he feared the suspect could find his home using documents inside the vehicle and heard through the scanner audio, the suspect was in the neighborhood.

“So I was thinking he was heading to my house,” said Opdyke. “Which is super scary.”

The car, a 2008 Ford Taurus SEL that Opdyke said he purchased just weeks earlier, contained musical equipment, including his favorite guitar, and work tools. The vehicle was damaged during the chase and is now being held as evidence, leaving him without transportation.

“I put almost all the money I had to spend on a car. I need to move out soon. My finances are a mess right now. This doesn’t help,” said.

Opdyke, a full-time local musician, said the incident has disrupted his livelihood.

“In a way, I feel like it’s my fault for because don’t give strangers rides, but I was just trying to do nice things for somebody, it just backfired. Really really tough,” said Opdyke.

Despite the experience, Opdyke said he is trying not to lose his sense of compassion.

“I still don’t want to shy away from people who need help, it’s in my nature, it’s in my mom’s nature. I kind of let her live on through me because she was a super caring person,” said Opdyke. “I greet everybody with almost naive optimism.”

A friend has created a GoFundMe to help Opdyke as he deals with the financial impact.

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