Sacramento County officials said in a statement that a 38-year-old local woman was fatally shot on Sept. 8 in a shopping center parking lot. The Sacramento County Coroner’s Office identified her on Sept. 10 as Shalini Thakur. The Sacramento Sheriff’s Office said 22-year-old Rohit Rohit fired the shots near a Panera Bread on Howe Avenue.
Sheriff’s officials said Rohit pulled into the lot in his vehicle just before 3 p.m., moments before Thakur was dropped off at her parked car. They said he walked up to her and started to accost her. CBS News Sacramento reported that sheriff’s footage showed Thakur running from him as he chased her on foot through the lot.
