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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

Los Angeles Times

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.

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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…

Los Angeles Times

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.

Tribune News Service

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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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

The Independent UK

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.

Los Angeles Times

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

The Guardian - US

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.

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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

Mayor says he has ‘serious questions’ about why brothers ‘were out on the streets’

Los Angeles Times

Sacramento massacre was likely a shootout among rivals, not mass shooting, sources say

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Sunday’s eruption of gunfire near the state Capitol, which left six dead and a dozen wounded, appears to be a result of a fight between rivals that caught bystanders in a crossfire of automatic and semi-automatic weapons fire, law enforcement sources said Tuesday.

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D.A.'s Office Letter That Opposed Parole for Man Now Arrested in Connection with Sacramento Killings of Six

The letter is dated April 29, 2021, when Martin was three years into a 10-year sentence for a brutal assault on his girlfriend; he was released in February.

The Independent UK

The 6 lives lost in the Sacramento mass shooting

The six people who were killed during a mass shooting in California’s capital city are being mourned and honored by their friends and family

The Independent UK

Man arrested in Sacramento massacre had recently left prison

A man arrested in connection with a weekend Sacramento shooting that killed six people and injured a dozen had been released from prison weeks earlier

Los Angeles Times

Sacramento shooting suspect is seen on video with automatic weapon, officials say

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Sacramento police announced Tuesday they have arrested a second suspect in connection with Sunday’s eruption of gunfire that killed six people and injured 12, and investigators have also obtained an online post in which the suspect wields a stolen gun — a fully automatic weapon — found…

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First suspect linked to Sacramento mass shooting appears in court on gun charge

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The first suspect charged in connection with the mass shooting in Sacramento early Sunday made a brief court appearance Tuesday on a single count of illegal possession of a firearm, with no charges tying him directly to the shootout that killed six and wounded 12.

The Independent UK

Police arrest third person in connection with Sacramento shooting that killed six and wounded 12

Daviyonne Dawson, 31, was booked on firearms charges but not with any crimes directly linked to killings

Los Angeles Times

Sacramento shooting suspect got out of prison early despite district attorney’s opposition

The man arrested for possessing a machine gun at the scene of Sunday’s mass shooting in Sacramento, California, was allowed to leave state prison last year despite opposition from the county’s district attorney to him winning early release.

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