Arrest Made In Connection With Shooting Death Outside Elk Grove Hotel

ELK GROVE (CBS13) — Police have made an arrest in the shooting death of a person outside of an Elk Grove hotel on Tuesday morning.

Elk Grove police say they responded to the scene a little before 2:30 a.m. at the Holiday Inn Express off Highway 99 along W. Stockton Boulevard to investigate a report of a person down.

A shooting victim, identified as a 37-year-old Sacramento resident, was found at the scene. Life-saving measures were started, but police say the person was soon pronounced dead.

Adam Amador (credit: EGPD)

Then, at around 10 p.m. Tuesday night, Elk Grove police, along with help from the Sacramento Police Department, arrested 22-year-old Adan Amador in connection with the shooting.

Amador was booked into the Sacramento County Main Jail on a homicide charge.