Sacramento man arrested on suspicion of homicide at Elk Grove hotel will face judge
A man arrested on suspicion of murder in a deadly shooting outside an Elk Grove hotel early Tuesday morning is scheduled to face a judge Thursday afternoon.
Adan Amador will be arraigned on a murder count at 3 p.m. in Sacramento Superior Court, Sacramento County inmate records show. Amador is being held without bail at Sacramento County Main Jail.
Tuesday’s shooting was Elk Grove’s second homicide of 2021, said police spokeswoman Hannah Gray. Elk Grove reported one homicide in 2020.
The 22-year-old Sacramento man was arrested by Elk Grove and Sacramento police officers about 10 p.m. Tuesday, less than 24 hours after the 2:23 a.m. shooting that killed a 37-year-old man in the parking lot of Holiday Inn and Suites on West Stockton Boulevard near Highway 99 and Laguna Boulevard, Elk Grove police said in a statement.
Camera images culled from the police Real-Time Information Center, hub of the department’s city-wide camera network, helped lead Elk Grove and Sacramento investigators to Amador, Gray said Wednesday afternoon.
A hotel guest who spoke with The Sacramento Bee on Tuesday afternoon heard a single gunshot fired about 2:15 a.m., followed minutes later by emergency sirens. Elk Grove police arrived to find the wounded man and tried to revive him, but he died at the scene.
Elk Grove police and Sacramento County coroner’s officials would not confirm the shooting victim’s identity Wednesday.
This story was originally published June 30, 2021 at 9:22 AM.
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