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<\/p>\nA woman was found dead Tuesday afternoon after deputies responded to a reported shooting on Howe Avenue in the Arden-Arcade area of Sacramento County, officials said.<\/p>\n
The Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office said several calls reporting a shooting came in around 3 p.m. in the 800 block of Howe Avenue, just north of Fair Oaks Boulevard.<\/p>\n
Deputies found a woman unresponsive at the scene. Medics responded, and she was pronounced dead, according to the sheriff’s office.<\/p>\n
The shooting prompted a major law enforcement response on nearby Highway 50, where a vehicle was stopped and a person was reportedly barricaded inside, officials said. Traffic was stopped in both directions between Howe and Watt avenues.<\/p>\n
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Shortly before 4 p.m., a CBS News Sacramento crew at the scene observed a person lying on the ground surrounded by law enforcement officials. The person was unresponsive and was later confirmed by authorities to be dead.<\/p>\n
According to law enforcement officials, witnesses reported seeing a person shoot a woman along Howe Avenue before fleeing in a vehicle. That vehicle was later located on Highway 50, where it stopped and the driver remained barricaded inside as additional law enforcement agencies responded.<\/p>\n
When officials approached the vehicle, they found a man inside who appeared to have suffered a self-inflicted gunshot wound, authorities said. He was pronounced dead.<\/p>\n
Around the same time, westbound traffic on Highway 50 began moving again, while eastbound lanes remained closed. Authorities have not said when the eastbound lanes will fully reopen.<\/p>\n
Law enforcement officials said it is not clear when the freeway will fully reopen.<\/p>\n
The freeway activity comes hours after a deadly law enforcement shooting on Highway 50<\/a> in Sacramento County early Tuesday morning. That incident happened after a pursuit began on Folsom Boulevard and ended near Hazel Avenue, where authorities said the driver produced what appeared to be a gun before being shot.<\/p>\n \n More from CBS News\n <\/p>\n