From Chelsea Phua:
An 18-year-old man died in an apartment complex near American River College on Wednesday afternoon in what Sacramento County sheriff's officials are calling a suspicious death.
According to a news release, a man called 911 at about 2:30 p.m. to report that his friend had died from a gunshot wound. Deputies found the victim in a second-story apartment in the 4600 block of Orange Grove Avenue with a wound to his upper body.
Paramedics arrived shortly after and pronounced the man dead.
Authorities did not release the man's identity Wednesday night, pending notification of next-of-kin. Authorities were also waiting for an autopsy to determined if the man was killed or his death was accidental.
Witnesses reported seeing two men leaving the apartment at the time of the shooting. One of the men was the caller who reported the shooting.
Department spokesman Sgt. Tim Curran said the caller told authorities in a second 911 call that he had run to an apartment in the 2900 block of Marconi Avenue.
A few hours later, authorities also found the other man whom witnesses reported seeing. Both men were questioned Wednesday and released, Curran said.
On Wednesday, neighbors lingered outside in the sweltering heat, watching crime scene investigators take pictures of the body, which lay near the door inside the apartment.
Tammy Chandler, 46, said the apartment unit where the shooting occurred was only recently occupied by two young men. One was slim and one was more heavyset and had a "rocker" look about him, Chandler said.
She was inside her apartment on her computer when the shooting happened.
"I kind of heard a loud noise but I didn't really pay attention to it," Chandler said.
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