{"id":254827,"date":"2026-04-06T23:58:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T23:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/254827\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T23:58:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T23:58:08","slug":"i-80-freeway-shooting-near-west-sacramento-leads-to-arrest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/254827\/","title":{"rendered":"I-80 freeway shooting near West Sacramento leads to arrest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/SAC chyron frame still suspect arrested.png\"   width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" title=\"\" alt=\"Generic illustration showing handcuffs and a fingerprint index\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A motorist is under arrest after a shooting Monday on westbound Interstate 80 near West Sacramento, said West Sacramento Police Department officials.<\/p>\n<p>The shooting happened just after 2 p.m. on the interstate. Both the shooting suspect and alleged victim left the freeway for West Sacramento. California Highway Patrol officers stopped the alleged shooter\u2019s car on Jefferson Boulevard just south of the West Sacramento city limits and took the person into custody, said West Sacramento police.<\/p>\n<p>It was unknown whether the alleged victim was struck by gunfire.<\/p>\n<p>California Highway Patrol is investigating the incident, said West Sacramento police who deferred questions to CHP officials.<\/p>\n<p>        Related Stories from  Sacramento Bee<\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/profile\/218174875\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1775519888_443_SAC_Smith_Darrell_Author_Mug (1).JPG\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Profile Image of Darrell Smith\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                <a class=\"author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/profile\/218174875\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Darrell Smith<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    The Sacramento Bee<\/p>\n<p>            Darrell Smith is a local reporter for The Sacramento Bee. He joined The Bee in 2006 and previously worked at newspapers in Palm Springs, Colorado Springs and Marysville. Smith was born and raised at Beale Air Force Base and lives in Elk Grove.\n            <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A motorist is under arrest after a shooting Monday on westbound Interstate 80 near West Sacramento, said West&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":254828,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[121,123,122],"class_list":["post-254827","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sacramento","tag-sacramento","tag-sacramento-headlines","tag-sacramento-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254827","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=254827"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254827\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/254828"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=254827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=254827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=254827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}