First of two victims identified in deadly Old Sacramento shooting; suspects appear in court

As two suspects arrested in connection with Friday night’s shooting in Old Sacramento made their first court appearance, one of two men killed has been identified.

The Sacramento County Coroner’s Office said Alex Cerda, 21, of Sacramento was killed in the gun battle that also wounded four people. The identity of the second victim killed has not been released.

The two men arrested — Marcus Matthew Trull, 22, and Cedric Joe Salcedo, 21 — appeared Tuesday in Sacramento Superior Court before Commissioner Ken Brody. Salcedo and Trull appeared briefly in the courtroom wearing orange jumpsuits.

Sacramento attorney Linda Parisi asked Brody to waive further arraignment until the men appear again on Aug. 19.

The Sacramento Police Department said Saturday that officers responded to the shooting a little before midnight Friday after patrol officers heard gunshots in the waterfront area. Police then identified Trull and Salcedo as suspects arrested in connection with the shooting.

Both remain in Sacramento County Main Jail. The men face charges of murder and assault with a semiautomatic weapon and assault with a semiautomatic gun. Salcedo also faces a charge of being a felon in possession of a gun.

Police investigators believe that “there was some type of altercation between two groups” before the incident. Multiple firearms were recovered at the scene.

This story was originally published July 20, 2021 at 12:48 PM.