1 Killed in Roseville Shooting on Hickory Street

An argument between roommates escalated into a fatal shooting on Hickory Street in Roseville this afternoon.

At 3:15 p.m. today (Monday, September 30), Roseville Police  Department officers responded to calls of shots fired at a home in the 100 block of Hickory Street.

When officers arrived, they  found one of the residents, a 54-year-old man, down in the front yard
of the home with gunshot wounds.  Roseville Fire Department paramedics pronounced him dead at the scene.

The victim’s roommate, a 48-year-old man, was taken into custody at the scene without incident.  Officers determined that an argument between the roommates escalated, until the suspect shot the victim with a handgun.

Officers and crime scene investigators are continuing their work at the scene.  Victim has been identified.