Man shot in chest in Sacramento area dies nearly a month later
SACRAMENTO COUNTY - A homicide investigation is now underway after a man died nearly a month after he was shot in the chest and walked into a business in Sacramento County last month.
The victim, who died on Thursday, was identified as 38-year-old Joseph Soto Jr.
Deputies responded to the south Sacramento area on the night of Feb. 24 for a shooting.
At about 10:15 p.m. that night, deputies said Soto Jr. walked into a Wingstop on Florin Road between Florin Mall Drive and 65th Street with a gunshot wound.
Deputies said that he was shot in the chest and was coherent at the time. He was taken to the hospital but died nearly a month later.
No arrests have been made and the sheriff's office said there are no new updates as of Friday afternoon.
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