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

Sacramento police Officer David Bell stands watch at the scene of a mass shooting at 10th and L streets in downtown Sacramento, California, on Sunday, April 3, 2022.

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 at the scene.

Early Tuesday, police announced they had arrested the brother of the suspect they had apprehended Monday.

Smiley Martin, 27, brother of Dandre Martin, was among the seriously injured in the shooting outside a pair of crowded nightclubs early Sunday. He is under police custody in a local hospital.

Smiley Martin will be booked at Sacramento County Main Jail on suspicion of “possession of a firearm by a prohibitive person and possession of a machine gun” as soon as his medical care is completed, police said. Police said he had been a person of interest even before being taken into custody.

A day earlier, police booked Dandrae Martin, 26, on suspicion of assault with a firearm and being a

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