"So much more to life": Neighbor helps teen shot on American Avenue in Sacramento
SACRAMENTO — A north Sacramento neighborhood turned into a crime scene Wednesday after a teenager was shot.
The Sacramento Police Department said officers responded at around 4 p.m. to reports of a shooting on American Avenue near West El Camino.
A woman who lives in the area, and did not want to be identified, told CBS13 she tended to the teen, who she said is good friends with her granddaughter, after he ran into her home calling for help after being shot.
CBS13 learned the teen had just gotten off a school bus when a car drove up to him and a gunman fired at least two shots.
"He had just got home from school, got off the 88 and was walking toward his dad's house," the woman said.
The victim, who police say was around 16 or 17 years old, suffered at least one gunshot wound to the back of the shoulder.
"We cut the shirt open and he had a bullet hole in his upper right shoulder," the woman said.
The woman said she believes the boy was targeted because of where he was from.
"When did where you live become an issue of where you can actually die from?" she said. "This is crazy."
The teen is expected to recover, but the woman we spoke with said something needs to change.
"There is so much more to life and so many of these kids have not seen that other side," she said. "All they know is this."
She added, "These kids don't have no goals, plans, no future. They don't think about tomorrow. All they think about is what is happening right here, right now."
