Santino Contreras was walking about 6 p.m. Saturday in the Meadowview neighborhood when he was shot at least once, according to the Sacramento Police Department. Officers were called to the 7600 block of 22nd Street near Meadowview Road. The boy was soon pronounced dead at the scene.

A 12-year-old boy was fatally shot in Sacramento's Meadowview area, marking the city's third shooting in a day.