Sacramento massacre was likely a shootout among rivals, not mass shooting, sources say
by Richard Winton, Jessica Garrison, Brittny Mejia and Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times
Apr 06, 2022
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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.
Police also announced two arrests, including one man with a long rap sheet who is currently hospitalized with bullet wounds. That man, Smiley Martin, 27, 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 treatments are complete,
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