California Man, Who Goes on Shooting Spree, Is Behind State Capitol Shooting Threat

A California man, who went on a shooting spree in Roseville and Citrus Heights before threatening to shoot the State Capitol, was arrested Thursday afternoon in Granite Bay.

The man behind the shooting from a moving vehicle and lodging bullets in the wall of a hospital and commercial establishments in the suburbs of Sacramento County was identified as Jackson Pinney.

The Roseville Police Department said the 30-year-old suspect was also linked to the "credible threat" that caused the California Highway Patrol to call for an evacuation of the State Capitol building on Thursday morning.

During his shooting spree on Wednesday night, Pinney lodged bullets in two buildings in Citrus Heights and the Kaiser Permanente Medical building in Roseville. Police said no one was hurt in the shootings.

California's State Assembly was forced to cancel its Thursday session while senators were evacuated to work in a new location, the Associated Press reported.

Pinney has already been booked into the Placer County Jail on charges: of attempted homicide, assault with a firearm, shooting from a moving vehicle, and shooting at an uninhabited dwelling.

Details on California Man's Attack in Sacramento Suburbs Revealed

According to the Sacramento Bee, the California man's attacks began in Citrus Heights. The city's police received a call about a shooting at around 8:45 p.m.

It turned out that the caller was the shooter, and witnesses told police that he drove away in a gold-colored truck and fired several rounds.

A few minutes later, another shooting was reported to Citrus Heights Police, this time from a truck near Auburn Boulevard and Twin Oaks Avenue. The shooter continued traveling north, arriving in another Sacramento suburb of Roseville.

There, the shooter fired more shots on Eureka Road and Douglas Boulevard. He reportedly hit the walls of the Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, though, like the first attacks, nobody was injured.

California Highway Patrol officials then said that the same suspect also made threats against the California Capitol that forced the government building to close temporarily and evacuate politicians.

Evacuation of the California Capitol

State lawmakers were supposed to begin a session on Thursday at 9:30 a.m. but were forced to delay it as they were told to check in for a session in a separate building down the street.

Because police deemed Jackson Pinney's threat credible, security then turned people away at the door of the Capitol.

However, KCRA-3 reported that the situation appeared calm, and streets in the area were not blocked off, with a demonstration around the western side of the California Capitol building continuing.

As for staff, those who were not yet at the Capitol were told to stay home and work remotely while the building was being evacuated.

"I'm OK, the members are OK. Members are safe," Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon said while returning to the Capitol. However, the Capitol closed again by 3 p.m.

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Written by: Rick Martin

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