Fugitive suspect in Sacramento mass shooting found in Nevada

ASSOCIATED PRESS / APRIL 3

A crime scene investigator photographs evidence markers on the scene of a mass capturing In Sacramento, Calif. A suspect on the run since a mass shooting left six people useless during an alleged gang dispute in California’s capital city final month has been arrested in Las Vegas, authorities mentioned. Investigators believe Mtula Payton was one of many alleged gang members who opened fire in downtown Sacramento on April 3. He was taken into custody at an apartment complex, the Sacramento Police Division stated in a statement Saturday night time, Could 28.

ASSOCIATED PRESS / APRIL 6

A passerby pauses at a memorial for the people killed in mass capturing in Sacramento, Calif. A suspect on the run since a mass shooting left six people lifeless during an alleged gang dispute in California’s capital city final month has been arrested in Las Vegas, authorities stated. Investigators consider Mtula Payton was one of many alleged gang members who opened hearth in downtown Sacramento on April 3. He was taken into custody at an condo complicated, the Sacramento Police Department stated in a press release Saturday night, Could 28.

THE SACRAMENTO POLICE DEPARTMENT VIA AP

This undated photograph supplied by The Sacramento Police Division exhibits Mtula Payton, who is wanted on a number of felony warrants, together with domestic violence and gun expenses. Authorities say Payton, a suspect on the run since a mass taking pictures left six people dead during a gang dispute in California’s capital city final month has been arrested in Las Vegas.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. >> A suspect on the run since a mass capturing left six folks useless throughout an alleged gang dispute in California’s capital city final month has been arrested in Las Vegas, authorities said.

Investigators believe Mtula Payton was one of the alleged gang members who opened fireplace in downtown Sacramento on April 3. He was taken into custody at an apartment complicated, the Sacramento Police Department stated in an announcement Saturday night time.

“Las Vegas Metro Police Department worked with our detectives for weeks in an effort to find Payton,” the assertion mentioned.

It wasn’t recognized Sunday if Payton has an attorney who might converse on his behalf.

Payton and two others, brothers Smiley Martin and Dandrae Martin, were charged this month with murder within the slayings, in addition to weapons offenses.

Investigators provided no motive but said in court docket paperwork that Smiley Martin and his companions recorded a web-based video hours earlier than the shooting, flashing weapons and speaking trash from a location in rival gang territory. In it, they state their plans to move to the downtown space with the intent of opening hearth.

Three males alleged to be gang members and three women who have been harmless bystanders died within the shootout that occurred as patrons of bars and nightclubs emptied out onto downtown streets. A dozen more people have been wounded.

The Martin brothers, who had been among the wounded, remain jailed. Attorneys for the brothers have but to comment on their charging.

Payton, who police say is a member of a rival gang, was being held in a Nevada jail pending transport again to California.