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Sheriff: Men In Masks Kill 3 People At South Sacramento Home

SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Sacramento County Sheriff's deputies are hunting for the suspects who shot and killed three people in South Sacramento Thursday.

It happened along the 8700 block of Ardith Drive near Rothenburg Court around 6:30 a.m.

Sheriff's detectives combed the home where the triple shooting happened for more than 12 hours Thursday, interviewing family and neighbors of the victims.

A spokesperson for the Sacramento Sheriff's Department says the victims were 56-year-old Thanh Le and his two sons, 21-year-old Tien Le and 32-year-old Dong Le.

The Sheriff's Department confirms a group of men, all wearing dark clothing and masks, barged into one of the victim's home, with a plan to commit robbery.

Sgt. Tony Turnbull with the Sacramento Sheriff's Department says, "In cases like these, they are very rarely a random event and the family was most likely targeted."

Turnbull says the suspects were then seen leaving the home in a dark car.

Homicide detectives and officers from the gang unit combed the neighborhood, and, at one point, were seen driving family members and witnesses away from the scene.

The Sheriff's Department can't confirm the relation between the suspects and the victims.

Detectives tell CBS13 they don't suspect narcotics or gang activity to be a motive in the triple homicide.

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