Man sentenced to 75 years to life in prison for deadly Sacramento shooting
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- A judge sentenced Kenneth Howe to 75 years to life for a deadly 2022 shooting.
- A jury in July found Howe guilty of murder in the death of Amadon Estrada.
- Police served search warrants and found evidence, including a loaded handgun.
A judge on Friday sentenced a man to 75 years to life in prison for a deadly shooting three years ago at a homeless encampment in Sacramento where he killed a man his girlfriend was dating, prosecutors said.
Sacramento Superior Court Judge Kenneth Brody sentenced Kenneth Eugene Howe, 44, for the death of Amadon Estrada, the Sacramento County District Attorney’s Office said Monday in a news release.
Prosecutors said a jury on July 31 found Howe guilty of first-degree murder, along with an enhancement for using a gun to cause death. Howe had a previous conviction of molestation considered a strike under California’s “Three Strikes” law.
The deadly shooting occurred June 2, 2022, at the encampment near Lampasas Avenue and Edgewater Road in the Noralto neighborhood.
Prosecutors said Howe, who was upset his girlfriend was dating Estrada, went to the encampment and found the woman with Estrada. Then, Howe walked back to his own encampment, grabbed a gun, put on gloves and a bulletproof vest, went back to Estrada’s tent and shot him, according to the District Attorney’s Office.
The Sacramento Police Department said officers responded to reports of the shooting and found Estrada with at least one gunshot wound. Medics from the Sacramento Fire Department arrived and pronounced Estrada dead at the scene.
Homicide detectives served search warrants at nearby encampments and found evidence, including a loaded handgun, and identified Howe as the shooting suspect, police said. Howe was found and booked the following day at the Sacramento County Main Jail.
On Monday afternoon, Howe remained in custody at the Rio Cosumnes Correctional Center near Elk Grove as he awaited transfer to a state prison.
This story was originally published October 27, 2025 at 4:02 PM.
