Suspect injured after carjacking, shootout with Sacramento Sherrif’s Deputies

A suspect was injured after a shootout with Sheriff’s deputies while carjacking one vehicle and attempting to carjack another.

The incident started around 6 pm in Rancho Cordova when the suspect carjacked a vehicle. The victim called 911. Sheriff’s deputies tracked the vehicle to the intersection of Walnut and El Camino in Carmichael. Deputies found the vehicle but it was abandoned. The suspect then appeared and opened fire on deputies. Shortly thereafter the suspect attempted to carjack another vehicle and a second shootout occurred. The suspect was shot by deputies and taken to the hospital and is in critical but stable condition. No law enforcement officers were injured in the shootouts.