PARK, OFF FREEPORT BOULEVARD, IN SOUTH LAKE PARK. THIS IS WHERE WE FIND KCRA 3’S LEE ANNE DEYER WITH THE LATEST. SOUNDS LIKE THIS HAS GOT A LOT OF PEOPLE’S ATTENTION. LEE ANNE: EVERYONE WE TALKED TO WHO LIVE IN THIS AREA TOLD US THEY HAVE HEARD OF THE EXPLOSION OR HEARED IT THEMSELVES. SOME TOLD US IT BLURRED THEIR HOUSES, OTHERS SAY THEY JUST HEARD A LOUD KNOCK. THE EXPLOSION WAS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE AREA. YOU CAN SEE IT IN THIS RING CAMERA VIDEO FIRST THE EXPLOSION, THEN THE FIRE IN A TREE. >> ALL OF A SUDDENLY, WE JUST HEARED THIS STRONG BLOW. IT SURPRISED US ALL. LEE ANNE: POLICE SAY NOBODY WAS INJURED BUT ONE TREE WAS DAMAGED. >> IT WAS VERY LOUD. I WAS JUST HERE. I rushed to the window and just heard people laughing. LEE ANNE: IT HAPPENED AT ZBERG PARK THURSDAY NIGHT. >> HE CONFUSED AND SCARY ME. LEE ANNE: POLICE SAID THEY RESPONDED TO THE PARK AT AROUND 7AM THURSDAY NIGHT FOR REPORTS OF THIS EXPLOSION. AFTER SOME INVESTIGATIONS, THEY WERE ABLE TO DETERMINE THAT A SMALL DEVICE WAS TRIGGED NEAR A TREE. THE EXPLOSION CAUSES MANY QUESTIONS AND CONFUSION IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD FRIDAY. DETECTORS FROM THE DEPARTMENT’S EXPLOSIVES ORDERING UNIT INVESTIGATE. THIS INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY AND POLICE SAID THEY ARE STILL LOOKING FOR INDIVIDUALS TO PROVIDE INFORMATION. >> IT WAS REALLY SHOCKING. THAT’S ALL I CAN REALLY SAY. THEY DETAINED TWO PEOPLE NEARBY AFTER THE EXPLOSION BUT NO ARRESTS WERE MADE IN CONNECTION WITH THE EXPLOSION. POLICE SAID 46-YEAR-OLD DARREN ARIAS HAS BEEN ARRESTED ON AN UNLINKED ARREST WARRANT. THE INVESTIGATION IS IN PROGRESS. IN BAG, LEE ANNE DENYER KCRA 3 NEWS
Explosion rocks Sacramento neighborhood, police say ‘small device’ exploded at Z’berg Park
Updated: 1:48 PM PST November 19, 2022
For people who live near Sacramento’s Z’berg Park, an explosion Thursday night was nearly impossible to miss. It surprised us all,” said William Brannigan, who heard the blast and lives nearby. Watch the explosion in the video player above. go near a tree. “I just heard this very loud, big explosion,” said Jourdan Major, who also heard it. Ten-year-old Tommy Price said he was playing with a friend when he too heard the explosion. He told KCRA 3’s Lee Anne Denyer that he feared it was a gunshot. “It confused me and kinda freaked me out,” Price said. night. They are still hoping for tips to arrive, the department said. Police said they arrested two people nearby on Thursday and one of them was arrested. Police said, however, the arrest – of Darren Arias, 46 – was made on an outstanding warrant and no arrests have been made in connection with the explosion. No one, until Friday evening, has been arrested in connection with the explosion.
For people who live near Sacramento’s Z’berg Park, an explosion Thursday night was nearly impossible to miss.
“All of a sudden we just heard this big noise. It surprised us all,” said William Brannigan, who heard the explosion and lives nearby.
- Watch the explosion in the video player above
According to the Sacramento Police Department, no one was injured but a tree was damaged after a “small device” was set off near a tree.
“I just heard this very loud, big explosion,” said Jourdan Major, who also heard it.
Ten-year-old Tommy Price said he was playing with a friend when he too heard the explosion. He told KCRA 3’s Lee Anne Denyer that he feared it was a gunshot.
“It confused me and kinda freaked me out,” Price said.
Police said they were investigating and detectives from the Explosive Ordnance Unit were called to the scene on Thursday evening. They’re still hoping tips will come in, the department said.
Police said they arrested two people nearby on Thursday and one of them was arrested. Police said, however, the arrest – of Darren Arias, 46 – was made on an outstanding warrant and no arrests have been made in connection with the explosion.
No one, until Friday evening, has been arrested in connection with the explosion.
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