‘It was pretty crazy’: Bullets fired into Fair Oaks apartment, couple evacuated

Dominic Morales shared a video with KCRA 3 that showed two holes from bullets in his walls at the Hazel Ranch apartment complex. Other videos showed a law enforcement drone flying outside his apartment and deputies on the scene.

Dominic Morales shared a video with KCRA 3 that showed two holes from bullets in his walls at the Hazel Ranch apartment complex. Other videos showed a law enforcement drone flying outside his apartment and deputies on the scene.

THE LIVE REPORT. AND NOW LET’S GO TO SOMEONE WHO ACTUALLY LIVES THERE AND DID HAVE BULLET HOLES IN THEIR APARTMENT. DOMINIC MORALES, THANKS FOR JOINING US LIVE ON THE PHONE RIGHT NOW. WE APPRECIATE IT. YEAH, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. SO, DOMINIC, TELL US, TELL US WHAT HAPPENED IN ABOUT WHAT TIME DID THIS ALL START? WHAT DID YOU SEE? SO WE WERE SLEEPING AT AROUND 930 AND NOT EVEN A FEW MOMENTS AFTER THAT. I WOKE UP AND I THINK IT SOUNDED LIKE A NOISE HAD HIT THE DOOR LIKE ALMOST A ROCK IN A SENSE. I WENT TO CHECK IT AND NOTHING WAS THERE. AND THEN AFTER THAT, MY GIRLFRIEND HAD WENT TO GO GET READY FOR WORK AND GOT SOME COFFEE. SHE NOTICED THE BULLET HOLE GOING IN AND OUT AND INSTANTLY HER ROOMMATE HAD CALLED THE FRONT OFFICE AND THEY HAD ESTABLISHED THAT SOMEONE. SHOT THROUGH A WINDOW OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, AND THEY CAME TO CHECK IT OUT. YEAH, IT WAS PRETTY CRAZY. YEAH. WE’RE LOOKING AT THE VIDEO THAT YOU SENT US RIGHT NOW SHOWING THE TWO BULLET HOLES IN YOUR WALLS. ONE OF THEM ABOVE YOUR FIREPLACE LEADING OUT TOWARDS THAT PATIO AREA. AND SO YOU DIDN’T HEAR THE BULLETS AT ALL, JUST WHAT YOU THOUGHT WAS MAYBE A ROCK HITTING YOUR DOOR OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. YEAH, YEAH, WE SAW IT. I HEARD, LIKE, A REALLY LOUD SOUND, LIKE TWO OF THEM. AND AS SOON AS I WENT TO LOOK, THERE WAS NOTHING THERE. UM, SO I WENT BACK TO BED AND THEN FURTHER LIKE, LOOKING THROUGH EVERYTHING, WE HAD NOTICED ANOTHER BULLET AS WELL. AND THEN WHEN DID YOU START TO NOTICE SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES ON THE PROPERTY? I WOULD SAY NOT EVEN 5 TO 10 MINUTES AFTER THAT. THE DEPUTIES WENT OVER TO THE HOUSE. THEY KNOCKED ON THE DOOR. UM ASKED THE MAN TO COME OUT AND MORE SHOTS WENT OFF. AND SO YOU THINK, UM, DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE APARTMENT COMPLEX. DO YOU KNOW WHO LIVES IN THAT APARTMENT OVER THERE? DO YOU THINK THIS IS, YOU KNOW, SOMEWHERE WHERE THIS PERSON LIVES OR THAT THEY YOU KNOW, FORCE THEIR WAY IN THERE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, OR WAS VISITING? I BELIEVE THE PERSON DOES LIVE THERE. AND THEY HAVE HAD STUFF HAPPEN IN THE PAST I DO NOT KNOW OF, BUT I KNOW THAT CERTAIN ISSUES HAVE OCCURRED THERE AS WELL. SO WE’RE LOOKING AT VIDEO NOW THAT YOU SENT US SHOWING THE DRONE THAT YOU CAN SEE THE DRONE OUTSIDE YOUR PATIO AREA. THIS SEEMS LIKE SUCH A NICE APARTMENT COMPLEX. THIS THIS ISN’T SEEMS VERY UNUSUAL FOR THIS. THIS APARTMENT COMPLEX. YEAH, IT’S PRETTY SCARY THAT SOMETHING LIKE THIS WOULD HAPPEN. SUCH A RANDOM TIME, SUCH A RANDOM DAY. YEAH. WE’RE LOOKING AT THE DRONE VIDEO THAT YOU SENT US RIGHT NOW. UM, HAVE YOU DOMINIC? SO YOU LIVE THERE? DID THEY ASK YOU TO LEAVE? ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR APARTMENT NOW? YES. WE EVACUATED AND A SHERIFF CAME IN. HE KNOCKED ON THE DOOR AND TOLD US TO GRAB A FEW ITEMS THAT WE NEEDED, AND WE LEFT. WE TOOK AN UBER TO A FAMILY MEMBER’S HOUSE BECAUSE OUR CAR WAS PARKED IN THE MIDDLE OF EVERYTHING THAT WAS GOING ON. YOUR WHAT WAS PARKED IN YOUR CAR WAS PARKED IN THE MIDDLE OF EVERYTHING THAT WAS GOING ON. SO DID YOU GET TO TAKE YOUR CAR? DID THEY HAVE TO TAKE YOU SOMEWHERE? UM, WE HAD GOT AN UBER OUT OF THE AREA, BUT YEAH, THE CAR IS STILL THERE. JUST KIND OF HOPING THAT IT’S ALL GOOD. YEAH, IT’S JUST STUCK THERE RIGHT NOW, SO. ALL RIGHT, WELL, WE’RE CERTAINLY GLAD, DOMINIC, THAT YOU AND YOUR GIRLFRIEND ARE SAFE. AND AS OF RIGHT NOW, STILL NO REPORTED INJURIES, WHICH IS GREAT NEWS BECAUSE, YEAH, STRAY BULLETS ARE VERY DANGEROUS AND CAN POTENTIALLY BE DEADLY. DOMINIC MORALES, THANK YOU FOR THE VIDEO. THANKS FOR SHARING WITH EVERYONE WHAT TRANSPIRED. ACCORDING TO YOUR EXPERIENCE AND WHAT YOU WENT THROUGH THIS MORNING. AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH AND WE’RE SO THANKFUL THAT YOU GUYS ARE SAFE. YEAH

‘It was pretty crazy’: Bullets fired into Fair Oaks apartment, couple evacuated

A Fair Oaks man said at least two bullets were fired into his apartment from a nearby shooting situation and standoff involving deputies and a suspect on Friday. Dominic Morales shared videos with KCRA 3 that showed two holes from bullets in his walls at the Hazel Ranch apartment complex. Other videos showed a law enforcement drone flying outside his apartment and deputies on the scene. “It was pretty crazy,” he said. Morales said he woke up around 9:30 a.m. after hearing a noise that “hit the door, like almost a rock.” “I went to check it, and nothing was there,” he said. | MORE | Watch: Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office gives update on Fair Oaks standoffHe said he went back to sleep, and later, his girlfriend noticed two bullet holes in the wall while getting coffee before work. About five or 10 minutes later, deputies knocked at their door and asked them to grab a few items they needed and leave. The couple then heard more shots being fired nearby before taking an Uber to a family member’s house, Morales said. Their car was parked “in the middle of everything,” so it wasn’t accessible. A spokesperson for the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office told KCRA 3 that deputies responded after 10 a.m. to a report of shots being fired in the 8800 block of Winding Way near Hazel Avenue. Deputies discovered a bullet hole in a window, and then "an officer-involved shooting ensued," Sgt. Amar Gandhi said.Gandhi confirmed that deputies fired at the suspect but would not confirm whether the person who fired shots had fired at deputies. Deputies and the suspect were speaking to each other by phone as the standoff unfolded, Gandhi said. He confirmed that deputies worked to evacuate people from the apartment complex. As of 2:15 p.m., no deputies or civilians were hurt as the standoff was continuing. “It’s pretty scary that something like this would happen,” Morales said.See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app.

FAIR OAKS, Calif. —

A Fair Oaks man said at least two bullets were fired into his apartment from a nearby shooting situation and standoff involving deputies and a suspect on Friday.

Dominic Morales shared videos with KCRA 3 that showed two holes from bullets in his walls at the Hazel Ranch apartment complex. Other videos showed a law enforcement drone flying outside his apartment and deputies on the scene.

“It was pretty crazy,” he said.

Morales said he woke up around 9:30 a.m. after hearing a noise that “hit the door, like almost a rock.”

“I went to check it, and nothing was there,” he said.

| MORE | Watch: Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office gives update on Fair Oaks standoff

He said he went back to sleep, and later, his girlfriend noticed two bullet holes in the wall while getting coffee before work.

About five or 10 minutes later, deputies knocked at their door and asked them to grab a few items they needed and leave.

The couple then heard more shots being fired nearby before taking an Uber to a family member’s house, Morales said.

Their car was parked “in the middle of everything,” so it wasn’t accessible.

A spokesperson for the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office told KCRA 3 that deputies responded after 10 a.m. to a report of shots being fired in the 8800 block of Winding Way near Hazel Avenue.

Deputies discovered a bullet hole in a window, and then "an officer-involved shooting ensued," Sgt. Amar Gandhi said.

Gandhi confirmed that deputies fired at the suspect but would not confirm whether the person who fired shots had fired at deputies.

Deputies and the suspect were speaking to each other by phone as the standoff unfolded, Gandhi said.

He confirmed that deputies worked to evacuate people from the apartment complex.

As of 2:15 p.m., no deputies or civilians were hurt as the standoff was continuing.

“It’s pretty scary that something like this would happen,” Morales said.

See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app.

‘It was pretty crazy’: Bullets fired into Fair Oaks apartment, couple evacuated

Dominic Morales shared a video with KCRA 3 that showed two holes from bullets in his walls at the Hazel Ranch apartment complex. Other videos showed a law enforcement drone flying outside his apartment and deputies on the scene.

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