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- An argument at a south Sacramento Sam’s Club led to a shooting on Stockton Boulevard.
- Deputies found the shooting victim Wednesday evening on East Stockton Boulevard.
- Sacramento sheriff’s officials said the shootin was gunfire from one vehicle to another.
A baby escaped injury by inches when a bullet struck the child’s car seat during a car-to-car shooting Wednesday evening in south Sacramento that left a man critically wounded, sheriff’s officials said.
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The shooting was reported shortly before 6 p.m. in the 7900 block of East Stockton Boulevard, east of Highway 99 and south of Mack Road.
The Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office said the violence began with an argument at the nearby Sam’s Club at Power Inn and Calvine roads before the dispute continued onto the road.
A male driver in the suspect vehicle fired several rounds into a red Chevrolet HHR carrying two adults and two children, sheriff’s officials said. One bullet struck a car seat where a baby was sitting, missing the child by inches. The baby was unharmed.
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The adult male in the HHR was struck by the gunfire. Deputies arrived and provided immediate medical care until medics took him to a hospital.
The wounded man was in critical but stable condition Wednesday night, according to the Sheriff’s Office. The other adult and two children in the vehicle were not injured.
Detectives were taking over the investigation after being briefed by patrol deputies who responded to the shooting. Investigators did not have any suspect information to release.
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This story was originally published September 9, 2026 at 7:33 PM.