Man Killed At ‘Erotic Exotic Halloween Ball’ Identified As Terrance Long

SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Seven radical were changeable astatine a enactment successful Sacramento overnight. Two died connected the scene.

Just earlier 1 a.m. Saturday, Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to the shooting extracurricular of the Royal Castle Banquet Hall successful the 5500 artifact of Palm Avenue wherever the Erotic Exotic Halloween Ball was underway. They said determination 350-400 radical successful attendance.

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When deputies arrived, they located 3 big males suffering from astatine slightest 1 gunshot coiled each, according to the sheriff’s department.

Despite life-saving measures, 2 were pronounced dormant connected the country and the 3rd was taken to the infirmary successful superior condition.

One of those victims has been identified by friends and household members arsenic Terrance Long.

“Terrance was present helping america acceptable up. He is simply a bully guy, a precise very bully guy, the funny, chill guy,” said Missy Tolbert, who worked arsenic a bartender astatine the event.

His parent said successful a statement: “My household and I are devastated…We are besides praying for the different household who mislaid a loved 1 from this senseless killing…My lad ne'er did immoderate harm to anybody. He didn’t merit to dice similar this.”

An further 4 radical were shot, however, they were transported to section hospitals by backstage vehicles earlier deputies’ arrival. They are each expected to recover, accidental authorities. Authorities person not released immoderate of the names of the victims.

No arrests person been made. The incidental is inactive nether investigation.

Witnesses of the shooting accidental that shots were fired inside, and it seemed that the gunshots past respective agonizing minutes. They accidental they didn’t perceive warring anterior to shots being fired.

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“The shooting conscionable would ne'er stop. It conscionable kept going. And it was everywhere. It’s similar erstwhile you…stop wrong you could perceive bullets outside. So you don’t privation to tally outside. You conscionable didn’t consciousness safe,” said Missy. “And everyone was

trying to fell everywhere. There’s radical holding the bathrooms doors closed due to the fact that they’re trying to hide. Everyone’s trying to support themselves.”

The shooting is inactive nether probe tonight. There were much than 50 shots fired. There person been nary arrests truthful far, and it’s unclear however galore shooters determination were oregon what their motive was.  We bash cognize that determination is video from a adjacent concern that investigators are going implicit thoroughly. They’re hoping that that volition pb to immoderate benignant of answers to the motive and a suspect’s description.

“When are we truly going to commencement taking this serious?”  assemblage activistic Berry Accuis said.

Berry is successful connection with aggregate witnesses and believes the shooting wasn’t random.

“From what I’m gathering, a idiosyncratic was targeted…everything became a domino effect and present you are having bullets flying each implicit the spot and radical present trying to support themselves,” helium said.

Anyone with accusation is asked to interaction the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office.

The proprietor of the installation says helium usually uses the abstraction for weddings and backstage events and that this was the archetypal clip helium rented the abstraction retired for an “open” event. He says helium is successful interaction with the organizer, Triple Threat Entertainment Co.

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Witnesses accidental they are upset with however agelong it took from erstwhile the archetypal shots were fired for constabulary to respond. They estimation that was 15 minutes. The Sheriff’s Office says they responded 3 minutes aft the archetypal 911 call.

Velena Jones