Third man arrested, then released on $500K bail, for gun charge after Sacramento mass shooting

Sacramento police announced a third arrest Tuesday stemming from Sunday’s mass shooting downtown, saying they had taken into custody a man seen carrying a firearm after the incident.

Daviyonne Dawson, 31, was arrested late Monday and a gun was recovered, police said, adding that Dawson will be charged as possessing a firearm despite being prohibited from having one.

“At this time, Dawson is not charged with crimes directly related to the shootings,” police said. “Based on the type of firearm recovered, detectives do not believe that this gun was used in the shooting. Detectives are continuing to investigate this crime and identify additional suspects.”

Dawson subsequently was released from the jail Tuesday after posting $500,000 bail, a law enforcement source said.

Police still are searching for multiple suspects they believe fired weapons that killed six and wounded 12, and none of the three charged so far have been accused of firing at individuals during the incident near 10th and K streets at 2 a.m. Sunday.

Sacramento Superior Court filings show Dawson has felony cases from 2012, 2014 and 2015, and documents say he was charged in 2014 with the Halloween assault on a man as a member of the Starz street gang.

He also was charged with being a street gang member who “engaged in a pattern of criminal gang activity and did willfully promote, further and assist in felony criminal conduct by said gang members,” court documents say.

This story was originally published April 5, 2022 at 1:33 PM.