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October 16, 2009

Teen convicted in 2007 Sacramento County gang killing

From Andy Furillo

A 19-year-old man was convicted of second-degree murder for the gang-related shooting death of another teenager more than two years ago on Vineyard Road near the Wildhawk Golf Club in unincorporated south Sacramento County.

Anh-Tuan Dao Pham, who was 16 at the time of the Feb. 22, 2007, killing of Dominique Hickman, also was convicted of attempted murder for wounding two more people less than an hour after he gunned down Hickman.

Pham is scheduled to be sentenced on Nov. 17 by Sacramento Superior Court Judge Timothy M. Frawley.

According to the prosecution in the case, Pham shot and killed Hickman about two weeks after Hickman had been engaged in a fight with rival gang members whom he suspected of throwing rocks at his mother's car.

After shooting Hickman, Pham then drove to the Caymus Park area and rammed the stolen car he used in the first shooting into a garage door at the house where more of his gang rivals were staying.

Deputy District Attorney Jeff Hightower said that Pham then got into another car that followed him to the house, drove away and then returned 15 minutes later to shoot the people from inside the residence who came outside to inspect the crash.

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