Black/African American male Calvin Goldsmith, age 35, died on February 22, 2016, after gunfire erupted in Sacramento’s Del Paso Heights neighborhood. Around early afternoon, police were alerted to shots in the 3700 block of Branch Street; a short distance away, they found a car that had crashed into a fence near High Street and North Avenue with a 35-year-old driver inside, unresponsive and suffering multiple gunshot wounds.
He was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead, and the coroner identified him as Calvin Goldsmith.
Witness accounts and early police information described the incident as a shootout that spilled onto nearby streets, ending with the crash that drew officers to the intersection. Initial briefings placed the first calls for help shortly after 1:30 p.m., with detectives and evidence technicians canvassing the area as evening fell. Local coverage the same day reported the victim had been shot and transported in critical condition before his death was confirmed, aligning with the sequence officers outlined from the Branch Street scene to the wrecked vehicle by the fence line.
Publicly available records and memorial listings confirm the victim’s name, age, city, and date of death, but they do not identify a suspect. At the time, authorities did not announce any arrests connected to the shooting, and subsequent open sources provide no indication that a suspect was publicly named or booked in relation to the case.
