Police have arrested three suspects within the investigation of this week’s mass shooting in Sacramento that left six useless and a dozen extra wounded, officers mentioned Tuesday.
Detectives “identified a man who was seen carrying a gun in the immediate aftermath of the shooting” earlier than they later “recovered a handgun and arrested” Daviyonne Dawson, 31, Sacramento police mentioned.
He was taken into custody late Monday and booked on suspicion of being a prohibited particular person in possession of a firearm.Â
“At this time, Dawson is not charged with crimes directly related to the shootings,” in keeping with a police assertion on Tuesday afternoon.
“Based on the type of firearm recovered, detectives do not believe that this gun was used in the shooting. Detectives are continuing to investigate this crime and identify additional suspects. “
Police on Tuesday morning additionally arrested Smiley Martin, 27, who had been wounded throughout in the mayhem of early Sunday morning.
He’s the brother of Dandrae Martin, the primary suspect taken into custody, authorities in California’s capital metropolis mentioned, and stays below guard on the hospital.
Smiley Martin had been “located at the scene with serious injuries from gunfire” and brought to the hospital the place he was “quickly identified as a person of interest,” in keeping with a Sacramento police assertion.
Once Smiley Martin is properly sufficient to depart the hospital, he’ll be booked into jail on suspicion of possession of a firearm by a prohibited particular person and possession of a machine gun, police mentioned.Â
Prosecutors final yr fought to maintain Smiley Martin in jail, calling him a hazard to the neighborhood, Sacramento County Deputy District Attorney Danielle Abildgaard wrote in a letter obtained Tuesday by NBC News.
“Inmate Martin has committed several felony violations and clearly has little regard for human life and the law,” Abildgaard wrote in an April 29, 2021 assertion to the parole board.
The prosecutor pleaded with the board, saying that “Martin should not be released as he poses a significant, unreasonable risk of safety to the community.”
He was launched in the summertime of 2021 after spending three years in jail and nowhere near a 10-year sentence for home violence.
The first suspect and Smiley Martin’s sibling, 26-year-old Dandrae Martin, was arrested early Monday morning and booked on assault and unlawful firearm possession prices, police mentioned.
The mass shooting occurred in a bustling downtown, close to tenth and Okay Streets, space shortly after final name early Sunday morning. Investigators consider a number of shooters opened hearth within the wake of a giant struggle that spilled into the streets and coated a number of metropolis blocks.
None of the suspects have been formally accused of murder however police mentioned detectives are nonetheless actively working the case and interviewing witnesses.
“As these processes occur, different and/or additional charges may apply,” police mentioned. (*6*)Â
Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg thanked police for his or her quick work, saying in a press release early Tuesday that investigators moved to “so methodically and quickly to apprehend suspects in this horrific shooting.”
It wasn’t instantly clear if the suspects had employed or been assigned protection attorneys by Tuesday morning.
Dandrae Martin was being held with out bail within the Sacramento County Main Jail, in keeping with sheriff’s information. He’s scheduled to be in courtroom on Tuesday afternoon, information confirmed.
The Sacramento County coroner on Monday recognized the three males and three ladies killed as Johntaya Alexander, 21; Melinda Davis, 57; Yamile Martinez-Andrade, 21; Sergio Harris, 38; Joshua Hoye-Lucchesi, 32; and DeVazia Turner, 29.
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