SACRAMENTO—A 24-year-old Sacramento man was arrested for shooting his girlfriend on New Year’s Day.
The 22-year-old mother died after she was accidentally shot by Steven Michael Lucas on January 1, 2015 at 12:06 am in the parking lot of an apartment complex in the 5700 block of Callie Lane off of Madison Avenue, Sacramento County deputies said.
The woman—whose name has not yet been released—was taken to a hospital, where she died from her wounds Thursday evening.
Crime scene tape closed off two sections of the apartment complex as authorities searched for information about the shooting.
Lucas has been charged with involuntary manslaughter. He was originally booked into the Sacramento County Jail on a charge of negligent discharge of a firearm causing injury.
Detectives urged anyone with information about this incident to contact the sheriff’s department at (916) 874-5115 or Crime Alert at (916) 443-HELP. Tip information may also be left anonymously at the sheriff’s website tip submissions page, by texting 274637 (CRIMES) and entering the keyword ‘SSD’, or by calling (916) 874-TIPS (8477).
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