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THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WERE INVOLVED. IT EVEN SPILLED INTO THE STREET. DOZENS OF PEOPLE WERE INVOLVED. IT EVEN SPILLED INTO THE STREET. SHOTS WERE REPORTED AS WITNESSES SAY SOMEONE MADE A QUICK GETAWAY AND DROVE OFF. >> THERE WAS A HELICOPTER UP ABOVE FROM THE SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT THAT DIRECTED OUR FIRST DRIVING OFFICER TO A VEHICLE THAT WAS LEAVING AND THAT VEHICLE SPED OFF AND OFFICER TRIED TO STOP THAT VEHICLE AND THE DRIVER FAILED TO YIELD AND DROVE RECKLESSLY. REPORTER: POLICE TELL US TH THE PURSUIT BECAME TOO DANGEROUS AND THEIR GROUND CREWS WERE CALLED OFF. BUT THE SACRAMENTO COUNTY SHERIFF’S HELICOPTER WAS IN THE AIR AND CONTINUED TO FOLLOW THAT DRIVER. >> THE VEHICLE STOPPED IN THE AREA OF FIFTH AND P AND THAT’S WHEN THE DRIVER FLED ON FOOT. REPORTER: OUR CREWS WERE THERE AS POLICE CORDONED OFF THE FROM 4TH AND FIFTH STREETS TO P AND N STREETS. >> THEY LOCATED THE SUSPECT HIDING IN AN APARTMENT AND THEIR OFFICERS CONDUCTED A FOLLOW UP AND LOCATED A FIREARM AND ALSO LOOKED AT THE EVIDENCE AT THE SCENE THAT A SHOOTING HAD OCCURRED. REPORTER: NO ONE WAS REPORTED SHOT OR INJURED FROM GUN FIRE. 26-YEAR-OLD GREGORY HARRINGTON WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY AND ARRESTED. HE FACES MULTIPLE CHARGES , INCLUDING EVADING AND RESISTING ARREST, DISCHARGING A FIREARM IN A NEGLIGENT MANNER, AND BEING A FELON IN POSSESSION OF A FIREARM. MANY OF THE RESIDENTIAL UNITS AT THE SAWYER GO FOR MORE THAN A MILLION DOLLARS. RESIDENTS WHO DID NOT WANT TO APPEAR ON CAMERA SAY THERE SHOULD NOT BE GUNFIRE OUTSIDE THEIR DOOR. KIPTON HOTELS SENT US THIS STATEMENT.