One of three suspects arrested in connection to the Sacramento mass shooting last Sunday was identified as Smiley Martin, a violent criminal who had just walked out of jail last month.
Martin was initially set for release last year but prosecutors argued that the man “clearly has little regard for human life,” and posed “a significant, unreasonable risk of safety to the community.”
Since the 27-year-old suspected shooter was 18, he displayed a pattern of criminal behavior and had multiple run-ins with police and convictions for assault, weapon, and theft charges including in 2017, when he was sentenced to 10 years over domestic violence with great bodily injury against his girlfriend.
“Smiley Martin and his brother, we believe, were together during this incident,” Sgt. Zach Eaton said. Martin’s brother Dandrae and a third suspect were also arrested following the mass shooting.
Authorities said that six people were killed and 12 others injured during Sunday’s bloody incident
