{"id":152719,"date":"2026-01-28T03:31:42","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T03:31:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/152719\/"},"modified":"2026-01-28T03:31:42","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T03:31:42","slug":"4-found-dead-in-rancho-cordova-home-sheriff-says-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/152719\/","title":{"rendered":"4 found dead in Rancho Cordova home, sheriff says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Reported shots fired in Rancho Cordova prompted a heavy response from Sacramento County Sheriff&#8217;s deputies on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>RANCHO CORDOVA, Calif. \u2014 Four people, including two children, have been found dead in a home after reports of shots being fired in Rancho Cordova, the Sacramento County Sheriff&#8217;s office said.<\/p>\n<p>Homicide detectives are on scene investigating a shooting along the 5400 block of Mill Water Circle, according to law enforcement.<\/p>\n<p>The sheriff\u2019s office said they received a call around 8:30 a.m. Tuesday from an individual reporting shots fired in the area of Copper Sunset Way.<\/p>\n<p>The sheriff&#8217;s office said five minutes after that call, they received a call from someone claiming they had fired shots and were setting up \u201cbooby traps\u201d in the area.<\/p>\n<p>Once deputies arrived, they began evacuating the area and established a perimeter.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The SWAT team and a special enforcement detail were called, and continued notifications were issued for people inside the home to come out.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A law enforcement official said a specialized vehicle was used to rip through a rear fence of the house, and a drone was used to fly inside.<\/p>\n<p>Upon further investigation, deputies found four people dead in the home.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Unfortunately, one female and two juveniles were also located unresponsive inside the home. Fire responded as well, and all four subjects inside were pronounced dead,&#8221; said Sgt. Edward Igoe with the Sacramento Sheriff&#8217;s Office.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators said they are working to confirm the ages of all four people. The Sacramento County Coroner will release their identities after notifying their next of kin.<\/p>\n<p>Officials said this is an active investigation, and more information will be provided when available.<\/p>\n<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"photo__placeholder\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/c5dff635-2e05-451e-a9c2-5b78a8c2c586_16x9.jpg\"\/><br \/>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"photo__main\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/c5dff635-2e05-451e-a9c2-5b78a8c2c586_1140x641.jpg\"  alt=\"\" style=\"opacity:0\" onload=\"this.style.opacity=1\"\/><\/p>\n<p>    ABC10: Watch, Download, Read<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Reported shots fired in Rancho Cordova prompted a heavy response from Sacramento County Sheriff&#8217;s deputies on Tuesday. RANCHO&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":152381,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[121,123,122],"class_list":{"0":"post-152719","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sacramento","8":"tag-sacramento","9":"tag-sacramento-headlines","10":"tag-sacramento-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152719","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=152719"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152719\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/152381"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=152719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=152719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=152719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}