Sacramento County Prosecutor Anne Marie Schubert said in a statement posted on the Internet that Martin, 26, had not been charged with murder. He said he believed the authorities would eventually take more people into custody. “The investigation is extremely complex and involves many witnesses, videos of many types and important physical evidence,” Schubert said. “This is an ongoing investigation and we expect more arrests in this case.” Martin was held without bail, according to online prison records. CNN was unable to contact a lawyer for him. During an emotional vigil Monday night, members of the Sacramento community and officials expressed frustration with repeated incidents of armed violence in the city and called for action to prevent further shootings. “The last time we had a mass shooting, we did the same,” said a spokesman who did not give his name but identified himself as a cousin of one of the victims. “We sat out here, I raised our candles, talk about the police, they are here for us now, the civil servants are here for us now.” “How is it here for us when we sit down and do the same curse again? The same thing,” he said. “Well, who will stop it?” Here’s what we know about filming so far.
How the shooting unfolded
The shooting took place shortly after 2 a.m. in a busy downtown area, just a few blocks from the California State Capitol, Sacramento City Hall and the Golden 1 Center, where the city’s NBA team plays home games. . A video posted on social media appears to show a quarrel before the shooting, police said in a statement. “We are currently working to determine what, if any, these incidents have to do with the shooting,” the statement said. During the initial investigation, detectives found more than 100 shell casings and discovered at least three buildings and three cars that had been hit by bullets. “There were a lot of shootings that night and hence the complexity of the investigation,” Police Chief Kathryn Lester told CNN affiliate KCRA. Leicester said there were many gunmen and that a great battle had preceded. A stolen pistol was among hundreds of evidence found at the scene, he said Sunday. Police issued search warrants for three homes and found at least one pistol, Sacramento police said in a statement. Authorities say they have received more than 100 video or photo files at a consulting portal.
Victims aged 21 years
The Sacramento County Medical Examiner’s Office on Monday identified the six victims who died: – Johntaya Alexander, 21 – Melinda Davis, 57 – Sergio Harris, 38 – Joshua Hoye-Lucchesi, 32 – Yamile Martinez-Andrade, 21 – Devazia Turner, 29 The tragedy has devastated the families of the victims, confused the community and angered those frustrated by another mass shooting. “My son was a very lively young man,” Harris’s mother, Pamela Harris, told CNN’s KOVR. She said her son smiled all the time and never bothered anyone. “And let that happen, it’s crazy,” he said. “And I’m right at the point right now (where) I do not know what to do. I do not even think this is real.”
The second mass shooting in Sacramento in recent weeks
The incident was the second mass shooting in Sacramento in five weeks. On February 28, a man fatally shot three of his children and another man in a church. The gunman committed suicide, authorities said. Mayor Darrell Steinberg said solutions – not good wishes – were needed to help change the course of armed violence in America. “Thoughts and prayers are not enough,” he said. “It’s time to have a sensible debate (about) guns in America. We have a disease – it’s a disease in our country, it’s a disease in our culture.” Sacramento will continue to invest in programs that focus on early intervention and prevention of youth violence, he said. “In our city, we will take stock and do what we can – in terms of investment, in terms of public security, in terms of weapons – to protect the public,” Steinberg said. Governor Gavin Newsom issued a statement saying that “the scourge of gun violence continues to be a crisis in our country and we must decide to put an end to this massacre.” And President Joe Biden described Sacramento as “another community devastated by gun violence,” calling on Congress to take action on gun control. “In one operation in Sacramento, six people were killed and at least 12 were injured,” Biden said in a statement. “Families changed forever. Survivors stayed to heal wounds, visible and invisible.” CNN’s Susannah Cullinane, Holly Yan and Stella Chan contributed to this report.
