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Sacramento County sheriff\u2019s vehicles line southbound Interstate 5 just past the Arena Boulevard offramp in the North Natomas section of Sacramento on Tuesday, April 14, 2026, following an early-morning officer-involved shooting.<\/p>\n
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Sacramento County sheriff\u2019s deputies fatally shot an armed man suspected of carjacking at the end of a tense pursuit early Tuesday on Interstate 5 in North Natomas.<\/p>\n
The ordeal began with the carjacking about 2:30 a.m. in Citrus Heights, Sacramento County Sheriff\u2019s Office spokesman Sgt. Ed Igoe told reporters. Igoe said the man held up the car\u2019s driver near Madison Avenue and Sunrise Boulevard and took the vehicle.<\/p>\n
Citrus Heights police issued an alert and Sacramento County sheriff\u2019s deputies soon spotted the car at Madison and Eastern avenues in Arden Arcade. Deputies were led on a chase that stretched into northern Sacramento County, onto Sacramento International Airport property, and briefly off-road.<\/p>\n
Igoe said the suspected carjacker pointed his gun \u201cnumerous times\u201d at pursuing deputies during that portion of the chase before the pursuit moved onto Interstate 5.<\/p>\n
Officials said the shooting happened just after 3:30 a.m. on southbound Interstate 5 at the Arena Boulevard offramp in the Sundance Lake neighborhood. Igoe said the carjacking suspect left the car and again pointed his gun at deputies, who opened fire. The man was pronounced dead at the scene.<\/p>\n
Four deputies fired their weapons; none were hurt. All are on paid administrative leave, Igoe said, as the investigation takes place.<\/p>\n
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Sacramento County sheriff\u2019s deputies are seen on Interstate 5 near the Arena Boulevard overcrossing in Sacramento on Tuesday, April 14, 2026. Four deputies fatally shot an armed man suspected of carjacking after a pursuit that began in Citrus Heights. Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office <\/p>\n
Detectives are now investigating the incident, the Sheriff\u2019s Office said. The investigation and heavy law enforcement presence shut down southbound Interstate 5 in the area, forcing motorists to seek alternate routes.<\/p>\n
The officer-involved shooting early Tuesday was the eighth in the capital region and the third involving the Sacramento County Sheriff\u2019s Office in 2026, according to Bee reporting.<\/a><\/p>\n Sacramento County sheriff\u2019s deputies were involved in two February shootings<\/a>: one on Feb. 16 during a vehicle stop in the Vineyard neighborhood that left an armed man hospitalized, and another on Feb. 27 that killed a man who grabbed a shotgun near Galt while a deputy responded to a woman in distress.<\/p>\n California Highway Patrol officers shot and killed a man March 27 during a traffic stop near El Camino Avenue and Boxwood Street in Old North Sacramento. Sacramento police recovered a handgun from the scene.<\/p>\n Sacramento police fatally shot 56-year-old Andrew Anthony Baima on Exposition Boulevard near Cal Expo Jan. 29 after Baima robbed a BMO bank branch and pointed what turned out to be an imitation firearm<\/a> at officers during a foot pursuit.<\/p>\n As with previous shooting incidents, the Sheriff\u2019s Office\u2019s homicide bureau and professional standards division will internally investigate the officer-involved shooting, in line with department policy. The incident will be reviewed by the Sacramento County District Attorney\u2019s Office and the county\u2019s inspector general.<\/p>\n This story was originally published April 14, 2026 at 8:15 AM.<\/p>\n Related Stories from Sacramento Bee<\/p>\n