Gunfire near a regatta of teen rowers in California during a race, left parents and students “shocked” and “horrified.”
West Sacramento police are investigating the incident after at least three gunshots hit the water near teenage rowers where the Oakland Stroke Rowing Club was racing along the Sacramento River Deep Water Ship Channel on April 20.
There were 15 and 16-year-olds rowing, police said.
General rowing team. West Sacramento police are investigating after gunfire was shot near a rowing team in California on April 20. (AP Photo/Camden Courier-Post, Jose F. Moreno)
One parent told FOX 2 that people were “shocked” that gunfire interrupted the “peaceful” setting.
“I was pretty shocked. I think all of us were. It’s horrifying, to think in this peaceful, green setting, the final push of this race – to see and hear that.”…
