SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Police are investigating after a person was shot in downtown Sacramento and found on the steps of the California State Capitol Monday.
The Sacramento Police Department believes the shooting happened somewhere on Capitol Mall between 3rd and 5th Street.
Then, the victim flagged down CHP officers around 4:15 a.m. in the 1300 block of 10th Street.
Officers found a person with at least one non-life-threatening gunshot wound on the steps of the Capitol. They were taken to the hospital and their condition is unknown.
It is unclear how the person got from 10th Street to the state Capitol.
"We are done with it"
The shooting is now prompting calls for change from a group of Assembly Republicans.
"We are sick of it. We are done with it. It is time to get back to public safety," said Assemblymember Bill Essayli.
At a news conference Monday afternoon, the group called for Democrats to act on several bills related to crimes committed with guns, including a bill that would increase sentences for crimes where ghost guns are used and stricter classifications for what's considered a violent crime.
In addition to the shooting near the Capitol, assemblymembers referenced a number of recent shootings, including one in San Francisco last Friday that hurt nine people in the Mission District and a shooting that left a teen dead and 6 others injured in Antioch.
"It shows that in California nowhere is safe from this gun crime wave. Year after year, Democrats water down sentences for gun criminals. They demonize lawful gun owners while excusing and enabling violence committed by career offenders," said Assembly Republican Leader James Gallagher.
At the news conference, the group was surrounded by a display of tombstones representing bills that failed to make it past the Public Safety Committee or assembly.
ABC10 reached out to Democrats about the group's calls for action.
In a statement to ABC10, Assemblymember Reggie Jones-Sawyer, Chair of the Public Safety Committee said, "If and when bills related to public safety reaches the Committee, members will make a decision based on the facts and merits of the bill."
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