In a preliminary investigation, Sacramento police located a firearm in the building where Marcella Bernal-Garcia was found dead.
The Sacramento Police Department responded to a residence in the 2100 Block of L St for a report of a subject with a gunshot wound on March 17, 2022, at approximately 11:24 a.m.The father of an Oakland teenager is asking for answers as to why his daughter was found dead earlier this month in a Sacramento apartment."The coroner came to say, ‘I’m sorry to tell you your daughter is dead. She was shot in the head.' But that's it. I don't know anything that happened.
Police found Marcella Bernal-Garcia, 16, in a residence in the 2100 Block of L Street on March 17 at 11:24 a.m., the Sacramento Police Department said in a statement. Officers were responding to a report from a resident in the block saying an individual was shot, police said. Officers attempted life-saving measures, and despite these efforts, Bernal-Garcia was pronounced deceased at the scene, police said. She had been shot at least once.
In a preliminary investigation, police located a firearm at the scene. The Sacramento Police Department's Homicide Unit is continuing to investigate the incident, police said. Bernal-Garcia was a student at Castlemont High School in Oakland, the Oakland Unified School District confirmed. A statement from the district said,"She was a bright light at Castlemont, whose natural talents were obvious to those around her. She had a wonderful singing voice which we were looking forward to hearing on stage during the school's upcoming Cinco de Mayo celebration.
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