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Amid legal battle over secret recordings, confidentiality, Aryan Brotherhood defendants transferred out of Sacramento jail

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Before a federal judge could rule whether the Sacramento jail was violating the constitutional rights of a half-dozen men accused of crimes on behalf of the Aryan Brotherhood, the defendants were whisked away in the middle of the night and taken to other facilities, including a nearby…

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Homicide detectives face huge challenges on Sacramento shooting. Here’s what we know

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — After naming and securing two suspects, Sacramento police announced Tuesday they were looking for a third person thought to be involved in the capital city’s worst gun violence ever — a shooting that killed six and injured 12 people early last week.

Los Angeles Times

Newsom, lawmakers haggle over plan for relief from California's high gas prices

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — More than a month after Gov. Gavin Newsom pledged to give Californians money to offset rising gas prices, he and state lawmakers have yet to find common ground on the most basic details of the plan: Who should be eligible for refunds and how much should they…

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In governor's race, challengers attack Newsom's record on homelessness

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Even as Gov. Gavin Newsom boasts of California's economic resurgence after the COVID-19 lockdowns, the tens of thousands of Californians living on the streets offer a searing counterpoint — a nagging reminder of the human suffering that has become a central focus of the long-shot candidates hoping…

Los Angeles Times

Commentary: The Sacramento shooting escalated American violence. We know how to shut it down again

Johntaya Alexander did her big sister a favor early Sunday morning, showing up to give her a ride home when the downtown Sacramento clubs closed at 2 a.m. Minutes later, 21-year-old Johntaya, who dreamed of becoming a social worker, lay dying in her sister’s arms, cut down by gunfire that…

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Anita Chabria: How can we prevent shootings like the one in Sacramento? Take domestic violence seriously

The two brothers suspected of involvement in the recent deadly shooting in Sacramento, Dandrae and Smiley Martin, share something in common besides blood.

Los Angeles Times

3rd suspect identified in Sacramento mass shooting

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Authorities have identified a third suspect in a mass shooting that killed six people and injured a dozen others in downtown Sacramento on April 3.

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Sherri Papini accepts plea deal, will admit her 'kidnap' was all a hoax

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Six weeks after Sherri Papini was arrested and charged with faking her own kidnapping in 2016, the so-called Super Mom from Redding has signed a plea deal and will admit that she orchestrated the hoax, her attorney told The Sacramento Bee on Tuesday.

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Shooting challenges downtown Sacramento's rebuilding efforts

The recent mass shooting in Sacramento has shaken a downtown core rattled in recent years by violence, protests and the pandemic's economic drubbing

The Independent UK

'We're killing ourselves': Sacramento group seeks funding for gang violence prevention

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Aaron Cardoza, a former gang member and now anti-violence mentor, was in downtown Sacramento in the aftermath of a brazen shootout that killed six people and wounded 12 others.

Tribune News Service

Editorial: Here’s how California can get more guns out of dangerous hands

The dramatic rise in gun violence over the last two years in the United States, as was demonstrated in the deadly shootout in Sacramento on Sunday, demands that leaders do more to keep firearms away from dangerous people.

Los Angeles Times

EXPLAINER: Sacramento gang shooting killed 6, wounded 12

Six people were killed and 12 wounded in Sacramento last weekend in what police say was a shootout between rival gangs as bars closed and patrons crowded the streets just blocks away from the California state Capitol

The Independent UK

Sacramento wants to stop downtown gun violence. What these cities did after major shootings

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Downtown Sacramento, where thousands reside and millions visit each year, has seen its share of live entertainment, tourists, buzzy nightlife, city employees — and violence.

Tribune News Service

Sacramento carnage ‘came out of the blue,’ says gang intervention worker

As police, policymakers and family members of victims continued to grapple with a deadly shootout in downtown Sacramento Sunday that left six dead and 12 injured, gang intervention experts in the city said the explosion of violence appeared to have sprung up with little warning.

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New videos, details upend narrative of Sacramento shooting that left 6 dead

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — When police first arrived at the scene of the shooting in the heart of downtown Sacramento on Sunday around 2 a.m., they came across bodies lying on the street.

Los Angeles Times

Sacramento massacre shows rising dangers of handguns converted into automatic weapons

As state and federal authorities continue to piece together how so many people were killed and wounded in Sunday’s shooting in downtown Sacramento, their attention has turned to a small, seemingly innocuous culprit: A gun accessory that quickly and cheaply turns many handguns into weapons capable of spraying dozens of…

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Chris Biderman: Sacramento Kings fans deserve better than a futility record. There's (a little) hope.

Kings fans would be justified if they showed up with paper bags over their heads.

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Editorial: Some argue Sacramento shootings show California’s tough gun laws don’t work. They’re wrong

Gun control opponents can be counted on to cite violence such as the horrific mass shooting in downtown Sacramento last weekend as evidence that gun laws don’t work. California has more gun laws than any other state, the argument goes, so every shooting within its borders undermines the entire enterprise…

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The Independent UK

Police: Sacramento shooting was gunfight among gang rivals

Police believe at least five shooters were involved in the mass shooting in downtown Sacramento last weekend and that it was gang-related violence

Los Angeles Times

At least five shooters involved in Sacramento massacre, gang ties likely, police say

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Sacramento police said Wednesday that it appears at least five shooters fired guns during Sunday’s massacre in downtown, which killed six people and injured 12.

The Guardian - US

Police determine at least five people fired shots in Sacramento shooting

Three people have been arrested since the early Sunday violence unfolded but the motive is still unknown

Tribune News Service

At least 5 gunmen involved in downtown Sacramento shooting, which police are calling gang-related

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Sacramento police say that two groups of men began firing at each other in Sunday’s shooting downtown and that at least five shooters were involved in what authorities are now saying was a gang dispute that left six people dead and 12 wounded.

Reason

Does California's Latest Mass Shooting Show the Country's Strictest Gun Laws Are Not Strict Enough?

Maybe it shows that the existing restrictions are not working as advertised.

Los Angeles Times

At least 5 shooters involved in Sacramento massacre, gang ties likely, police say

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Sacramento police said Wednesday that it appears that at least five shooters fired guns during Sunday’s massacre in downtown, which killed six people and injured 12.

The Independent UK

At least five shooters involved in gang gunfight in Sacramento massacre that killed six, police say

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