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Vigil for victims of Sacramento mass shooting: Community to gather Monday night

By Brianna Taylor

Updated April 15, 2022 12:03 AM

Downtown Sacramento mass shooting

Six people were killed and 12 others injured in a mass shooting in downtown Sacramento early Sunday. Read The Bee’s full coverage:

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Sacramento will hold a vigil Monday evening for the victims of the Sunday morning mass shooting in downtown Sacramento, according to a city news release.

Mayor Darrell Steinberg will join community activist Berry Accius, founder of Sacramento’s Voice of the Youth program, and other community members on Seventh and K streets in Ali Youssefi Square at 7:30 p.m. Remarks will being around 8 p.m.

A makeshift memorial — candles, flowers, a stuffed animal — were assembled on the sidewalk at 10th and L streets Monday morning.

Community support after mass shooting

Six people are dead and at least 12 people are injured after multiple shooters fired shots around 2 a.m. near 10th and K streets near the State Capitol.

All six victims were pronounced dead at the scene. Sacramento police made the first arrest related to the shooting Monday.

Sacramento City Council candidate Caity Maple has started a GoFundMe to raise money for the victims.

Three men and three women were killed. The coroner released the names and ages of those killed Monday morning:

The three men killed were Sergio Harris, 38; DeVazia Turner, 29; and Joshua Hoye-Lucchesi, 32. The three women killed were Johntaya Alexander, 21; Melinda Davis, 57; and Yamile Martinez-Andrade, 21.

The “Support for Victims of Sacramento Mass Shooting” GoFundMe site, since being posted less than 24 hours ago, has raised more than $1,300 as of Monday Morning.

The goal is $50,000.

The mass shooting came the same weekend the Golden 1 Center, located just a few blocks from the crime scene, was stacked with events. The center hosted musical artist Tyler The, Creator’s “Call Me if You Get Lost Tour” several hours before the shooting on Saturday evening. And Sacramento Kings played at the arena several hours after on Sunday evening.

The Sacramento Kings and the Golden State Warriors stand on the court and participate in a moment of silence for the mass shooting victims on Sunday, April 3, 2022, before an NBA basketball game at Golden 1 Center in Sacramento. Sara Nevis snevis@sacbee.com

“Our community grieves as we mourn those lost today senselessly killed by gun violence,” the Kings said in a Sunday press release. “Our prayers are with those who have been wounded and heart goes out to all the families in anguish affected by this devastating act.”

This story was originally published April 4, 2022 at 9:41 AM.