SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – Pop duo Aly & AJ and their crew had a close brush with the downtown Sacramento mass shooting when their bus was caught in the crossfire, they say.
In a tweet from the official Aly & AJ Twitter account, the duo wrote: “Our bus was caught in the crossfire but we sheltered in place and everyone in our touring group is OK. Thank you for everyone reaching out. A reminder to keep your loved ones extra close today. We have to do something about gun violence in this country.”
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Our bus was caught in the crossfire but we sheltered in place and everyone in our touring group is ok. Thank you for everyone reaching out. A reminder to keep your loved ones extra close today. We have to do something about gun violence in this country.
— Aly & AJ (@alyandaj) April 3, 2022
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Three men and three women are dead and 12 others were injured in the shooting that erupted near 10th and K streets around 2 a.m. Sunday.
About eight square blocks of downtown Sacramento are still taped off as officers investigate the scene. According to the Sacramento Police Department, there were multiple shooters.
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