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Two wounded in gurudwara shooting in California’s Sacramento; suspect still at large appeared on indianexpress.com by The Indian Express.
Two people were wounded in a shooting that took place in a gurudwara in California’s Sacramento County on Sunday afternoon, reported local media. The wounded have been hospitalised.
County-based The Sacramento Bee reported that the shooting took place on Sunday afternoon at around 2.30 pm local time (3 am IST on Monday) at the Gurdwara Sacramento Sikh Society. At 3.30 pm, police officials were seen taking away two men from the parade, though their involvement in the shooting is yet to be confirmed.
Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Sgt. Amar Gandhi told local media that a fistfight had broken out between two men on the temple premises, which escalated to a shooting. He told Sacramento-based TV station KCRA-TV that one of the suspects is in custody, while the second — an “East Indian man in his 20s or 30s” — is still at large.
“The individuals involved all seemed to know each other. It seemed very targeted in the fact that it wasn’t some random thing that posed any danger to the other patrons other than the shooting,” he told KCRA-TV, which said that there were around 10,000 people present.
“One suspect during that fight shot a friend of the other suspect,” Gandhi told local Fox40 news. “Once the other suspect, who didn’t get shot, gathered himself, he shot at the original shooter and then our second shooter ran off.”
The Gurdwara was celebrating its first Nagar Kirtan Sikh Parade when the incident occurred.
Sgt. Gandhi told The Sacramento Bee that following the fistfight, one of the men had shot at the friend of the other combatant, adding that the second man involved in the fight then fired upon the first man and ran off. He added that the situation “looks very contained,” ruling out any further threats to the area or the parade.
“It puts a small stain on this peaceful, very joyous day,” he told the paper.
The US | “Two people shot at a Gurudwara in Sacramento County, California. The shooting is not related to a hate crime, it is a shootout between two men who knew each other,” says Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office. pic.twitter.com/zKWY58yWOY
— ANI (@ANI) March 27, 2023
Sikh society responds
The Bradshaw Sikh Society termed the incident “unfortunate” and said that the culprits were not a part of the parade and showed up hours after the parade left.
The Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office says two people were shot at a Sikh temple in the Sacramento area. This happened during a huge celebration here today. pic.twitter.com/JLvOT6oPUI
— Lysée Mitri (@LyseeMitri) March 26, 2023
In a statement on Facebook, the society said: “The Bradshaw Sikh Society hosted its first Sikh Parade with thousands of congregants from the region. The parade was peaceful and a celebration of faith. It is unfortunate that a few misguided people tried to ruin a cultural and religious event.”
“A shooting occurred at the Gurdwara while the parade was in procession. We hope the culprit(s) is punished to the fullest extent of the law. They were not a part of the parade and showed up after the parade left hours earlier. These displays of violence go against our Sikh faith. We regret any inconvenience and fear this may have caused. We are strong and resilient together,” it said.
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