{"id":244125,"date":"2026-03-30T23:50:44","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T23:50:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/244125\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T23:50:44","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T23:50:44","slug":"it-felt-like-a-rock-grandfather-shot-in-oak-park-survives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/244125\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018It felt like a rock\u2019: Grandfather shot in Oak Park survives"},"content":{"rendered":"

OAK PARK, Calif. \u2014 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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Fredrick Rutledge said he was sitting on his living room couch watching TV when he heard gunfire just outside his home.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt felt like I got hit in the head by a rock,\u201d Rutledge said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He said bullets came through the wall in front of him as the shots rang out.<\/p>\n

\u201cI 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.'”<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Neighbor Jack Lowas, who lives across the street, said the shooting left residents terrified.<\/p>\n

\u201cEverybody on the street was in fear for their life. Bullets flew everywhere, hit this house, hit their house,\u201d Lowas said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Lowas said he has been in contact with the family of the child and the child\u2019s grandmother, who were both injured.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe\u2019s 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\u2019s in ICU but she\u2019s supposed to live. Thank God, and thank God for all the prayers from everybody.”<\/p>\n

He said the shooting happened too close to home, pointing to damage left behind, and including a car in a neighbor\u2019s driveway that was struck by gunfire.<\/p>\n

\u201cTurn them in. Check your cameras. Check everything,” Lowas said. “We gotta get them.”<\/p>\n

Police said all victims are expected to survive. No arrests have been made, and investigators are asking anyone with information to come forward.<\/p>\n

Watch more from ABC10:\u00a0Niece recounts memories Henry Giles after heartbreaking loss in Orangevale shooting<\/a><\/p>\n


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