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WEBVTT ATTACKCLAIMING SOMEONE'S LIFE.COMMUNITY GRIPPING WITH THESENSELESS CRIME.>> IT'S HORRIBLE.>> FEELING DEVASTATED,REMEMBERING HER 86-YEAR-OLDNEIGHBOR MURDERED DURING ANEARLY MORNING WALK.>> IT'S JUST SUPER UPSETTING.JUST SUPER UPSETTING FOR NOREASON, SHE'S TAKING A WALSHE'S MY MOM'S AGE.>> HIGHLANDS HIGH SCHOOL NOW ACRIME SCENE, AFTER THE WOMAN ANDHER 61-YEAR-OLD FRIEND WENT OUTFOR THEIR DAILY EXERCISE AROUNDTHE TRACK.>> EXTREMELY VIOLENT AGAIN WEDON'T KNOW WHAT THE MOTIVE O>> SACRAMENTO COUNTY SHERIFF'STELL US A MAN ATTACKING BOTHWOMEN, BEATING THE 86-YEAR-OLDTO DEATH, BEFORE TAKING OFF.>> IT APPEARS TO BE JUST BODYWEAPONS-HANDS AND FEET THAT WEREUSED>> THE 61-YEAR-OLD'S DAUGHTERSPEAKING BRIEFLY WITH KCRA, ASHER MOTHER RECOVERS AT THEHOSPITAL>> EVERY DAY THEY COME TO WALK.EVERY DAY THEY COME TO WALK.BUT YOU KNOW THINGS HAPPEN ANDWE DON'T KNOW WHEN.BUT YEAH, THEY USED TO COME ANDWALK EVERY DAY FOR YEARS>> A CRIME NOW SHATTERINGRESIDENTS' SENSE OF SAFETY.>> I WORK OUT AROUND THE TRACK,I WALK AROUND IT, I SIT DOWN ANDDO YOGA.>> I'M NOT GOING TO BE WALKINGTOMORROW MORNING>> DAILY WALKERS NOW THINKINGTWIC>> YOU WOULD THINK THAT THEYWOULD BE SAFE THERE.I MEAN THERE'S A SCHOOL RIGHTTHER>> I WOULD BE HERE AT 10 P.M. IFI WANTED TO AND IT DIDN'T BOTHERME OR SCARE ME.I FEEL VERY VULNERABLE NOW.LIKE I WAS DUM>> A MORNING ROUTINE, VIOLENTLY

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An 86-year-old woman was killed and a 61-year-old woman was hurt in an "extremely violent" random attack Wednesday morning on the track at Highlands High School, and the attacker is still on the run, deputies said. A witness called 911 just after 6 a.m. to report that someone was attacking two women at the track on Don Julio Boulevard.The man used only his hands and feet to attack the women, and no weapon was seen, Sacramento County sheriff's spokesman Tony Turnbull said. ++Download the KCRA app: iOS | Android The attacker jumped the fence and ran from the scene toward Walerga Road. He is described as a black adult in his 30s, standing 5 feet 6 inches tall, weighing between 150 and 160 pounds with short, curly hair. He was clean shaven and was last seen wearing black sweatpants and a burgundy sweatshirt, according to Turnbull. The older woman was pronounced dead at the scene, and the other woman was taken to a hospital with injuries, Turnbull said.Neighbors said the two women lived a few doors down from each other, and would go for an early morning walk almost every day together.“It’s just super upsetting. Just super upsetting for no reason-- she’s taking a walk. She’s my mom’s age,” one neighbor said. “What did you get from it? What did you get from taking somebody’s life? I mean she’s gone.” Detectives believe it was a random attack and do not have a motive."Every day they come to walk. Every day they come to walk, but you know, things happen and we don't know when," the daughter of the surviving victim said. "They used to come and walk every day for years." Students and staff at nearby Highlands High School and Creative Connections Arts Academy remained in class as usual, but deputies provided extra security at both campuses during the investigation. Anyone with information relating to the attack is asked to call the Sacramento County Sheriff's Department at 874-5115.--KCRA's Vicki Gonzalez contributed to this report.