Jury Deadlocks on 6-Killing Sacramento Shooting Case, Convicting 2 Men on Gun Charges
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Updated · The New York Times · Jul 21
Jury Deadlocks on 6-Killing Sacramento Shooting Case, Convicting 2 Men on Gun Charges
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Jul 21
Summary
A Sacramento jury could not reach a verdict Tuesday on murder or manslaughter charges against Mtula Payton, 32, and Dandrae Martin, 31, forcing a mistrial in the 2022 downtown shooting that killed six people and wounded 13.
Jurors had already hung on three first-degree murder counts, prompting prosecutors last week to withdraw those charges before the panel continued deliberating on lesser homicide counts.
Both men were convicted of one felony count of unlawful gun possession, according to Martin’s defense lawyer, after a nearly three-month trial that included testimony from witnesses as young as 12.
Sacramento County prosecutors have not said whether they will retry the homicide case; a decision is expected in October.