From Kim Minugh
A 19-year-old man is in custody in connection with the fatal shooting of another young man near a Rancho Cordova light-rail station Saturday.
Sacramento County sheriff's detectives accuse Rancho Cordova resident Deandre Brooks of shooting 21-year-old Juan Carlos Sanchez during a fight that began on a light-rail train Saturday night and ended behind a Ross department store at Zinfandel Drive and Folsom Boulevard, said Sgt. Tim Curran.
Detectives do not know what the men began arguing about, but allege that they got off the train to settle the score with a fistfight, Curran said. That's when Brooks allegedly pulled a stolen handgun and fired at Sanchez, hitting him at least once in the upper body, Curran said.
Paramedics pronounced Sanchez dead at the scene shortly after the 10:15 p.m. call to authorities.
Only two men were believed to have been involved in the fight, and no other suspects are being sought, Curran said.
Sheriff's homicide detectives stopped Brooks as he was driving in Rancho Cordova on Monday afternoon. Inside the car, they found the handgun they believe was used in the homicide, Curran said.
After questioning Brooks, detectives booked him into the Sacramento County Main Jail that night on suspicion of multiple charges, including murder, carrying an unregistered firearm and violating probation, according to booking records.
He is being held without bail and is scheduled to be arraigned Wednesday.
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