By Brendan O’Brien and Dan Whitcomb

(Reuters) – A 26-year-old man has been arrested in reference to a taking pictures in Sacramento, California over the weekend that killed six folks and injured 12 others just a few blocks from the state capitol.

Dandre Martin was taken into custody on Sunday as a “associated suspect” within the case, Sacramento police mentioned in a written assertion. Martin was booked on suspicion of assault and unlawful possession of a firearm.

Police didn’t elaborate on Martin’s alleged position within the taking pictures or say in the event that they had been nonetheless looking for extra suspects. Police Chief Kathy Lester has mentioned that “a number of” shooters had been concerned.

The gunfire erupted at about 2 a.m. PT (0900 GMT) on Sunday close to the Golden 1 Heart, residence of the NBA’s Sacramento Kings. The Kings held a second of silence earlier than its Sunday evening sport in opposition to the Golden State Warriors.

Police have mentioned the bloodbath adopted an altercation and requested for the general public’s assist in acquiring movies of that incident that had been posted on social media. The Sacramento Bee newspaper reported that the suspects had been at a close-by nightclub earlier within the night.

Of the 12 victims who survived, police mentioned the had been “affected by gunshot wounds starting from minor to important however steady.”

Investigators mentioned they discovered greater than 100 spent shell casings on the scene and that one handgun had been recovered following the execution of search warrants.

The violence befell in an space just lately revitalized as an leisure middle and simply hours after rapper Tyler the Creator had carried out on the Golden 1 Heart.

The taking pictures shattered a welcoming environment in California’s state capitol as political leaders ease strict COVID-19 orders and bars and eating places started filling with folks lengthy remoted by the pandemic.