Sacramento police arrest homicide suspect in Upper Land Park shooting
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- Sacramento police arrested Xavier Barron in connection to a May 14 homicide.
- Barron was apprehended after a vehicle pursuit and booked on multiple charges.
- Victim Darell Curry, 21, died after being shot on Seavey Circle last week.
A man taken into custody after a vehicle pursuit was arrested on suspicion of homicide in a Sacramento shooting last week that killed a 21-year-old man in the Upper Land Park neighborhood.
Xavier Bradely Barron, 23, was arrested on suspicion of homicide in the May 14 shooting in the 50 block of Seavey Circle, said Officer Allison Smith, a spokesperson for the Sacramento Police Department.
Darell Lamont Curry, 21, of Sacramento, was killed in last week’s shooting, according to the Sacramento County Coroner’s Office.
The shooting was reported shortly before 8:30 p.m. on Seavey Circle just west of Fifth Street. Officers arrived and found the wounded man who was later identified as Curry.
Police officers provided immediate aid to Curry before medics from the Sacramento Fire Department arrived and took the shooting victim to a hospital. Curry died later from his injuries.
Homicide detectives and crime scene investigators took over the investigation, questioning witnesses and collecting evidence.
On Wednesday, the Police Department announced in social media posts that the detectives had identified a suspect vehicle in the deadly shooting.
Sacramento County sheriff’s deputies spotted the suspect vehicle on Friday and tried to pull it over. Police said the driver, later identified as Barron, failed to stop and led the deputies in a pursuit.
Deputies eventually detained the driver in the suspect vehicle, according to the Police Department. Barron was booked by deputies Friday night at the Sacramento County Main Jail on a felony charge of evading police by driving in a reckless manner.
The police spokesperson on Wednesday said the homicide detectives later arrested Barron on suspicion of homicide in the Seavey Circle shooting.
Sacramento Superior Court records show Barron was arraigned on two separate criminal cases Tuesday. Barron, who remained in custody at the jail, was scheduled to return to court June 24 for further proceedings in his cases.
