Dandre Martin arrested over Sacramento mass shooting that left 6 dead as cops hunt for more suspects & victims are named
POLICE have arrested a suspect in connection with Sunday’s mass shooting in Sacramento that left six people dead and 12 more injured.
Dandre Martin, 26, has been taken into custody and booked following the tragic shooting in downtown Sacramento, Police Chief Kathy Lester told KCRA on Monday afternoon.
Dandre, spelled Dandrae in his booking information, is booked on charges of assault with a firearm and being a prohibited person in possession of a firearm, Lester said.
“Right now that’s really all we’re able to share about him,” she said.
“As you know this is a complex investigation and we’re looking for multiple suspects and so we’re currently working to identify what his role was the night of the shooting.”
Sacramento Police Department SWAT members and detectives have also served search warrants at three homes and recovered one handgun.
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There are no changes to the 12 surviving victims suffering from injuries, according to Lester.
Lester confirmed Monday that over 100 bullet casings were recovered at the scene of the shooting.
All six victims of the shooting, three men and three women, have been confirmed: 32-year-old Joshua Hoye-Lucchesi; 29-year-old Devazia Turner; 21-year-old Johntaya “JoJo “Alexander; Melinda Davis, 57; Yamile Martinez-Andrade, 21; and father-of-two Sergio Harris, 38.
determined that at least three buildings and three vehicles were struck by gunfire.
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A video obtained by KCRA showed that a fight broke out involving at least three men just before the gunfire started around 2am.
“We know that a large fight took place just prior to the shooting and we have confirmed that there are multiple shooters,” Lester said Sunday.
“The scale of violence that just happened in our city is unprecedented in my 27 years at the Sacramento Police Department.”
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SPD shared their gratefulness to the community for the “overwhelming assistance that has been provided.”
Over 100 videos and pictures have been submitted through the department’s community evidence portal.
“We continue to encourage the community to use the community evidence portal to directly provide the department with photos and videos.”
Pop stars and ex-Disney duo Aly & AJ revealed on Sunday that they were “caught in the crossfire” of the shooting while exiting a venue they had just performed at, but sheltered in place on their tour bus until the coast was clear.
“Distraught by the mass shooting last night outside the venue in Sacramento,” the sisters told Twitter on Sunday.
“We have to do something about gun violence in this country.”
President Joe Biden also made a statement on Sunday responding to the tragic shooting with calls for new gun laws.
“Today, America once again mourns for another community devastated by gun violence,” Biden said.
“But we must do more than mourn; we must act.”
This is the second mass shooting that Sacramento has suffered in the past five weeks.
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