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The Sacramento Brief Wednesday July 22, 2026 | Downtown Mass Shooting Trial Ends in Mistrial | Sustainable Business Expo Announced · The Sacramento Brief

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  Good morning. This is the Sacramento Brief, your
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  weekday roundup of overnight headlines and what's
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  ahead across the city. I'm Carol. It's Wednesday,
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  July 22nd, 2026. Let's get you caught up. A Sacramento
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  County jury was unable to reach a unanimous verdict
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  in the murder trial stemming from the April 3rd,
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  2022 downtown Sacramento mass shooting resulting
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  in a mistrial. Defendants DeAndre Martin and
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  MTula Payton were accused in the K Street gun
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  battle that left six people dead and dozens of
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  others injured. Under California law, however,
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  only three of those deaths were eligible for
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  murder charges because the others were determined
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  to have participated in the exchange of gunfire.
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  Jurors were unable to agree on the remaining
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  second degree murder charges, but both men were
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  convicted of being felons in possession of firearms.
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  The Sacramento District Attorney's Office says
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  it will now decide whether to retry the case.
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  In other news, a bike theft suspect was arrested
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  with help from a real -time crime center. Sacramento
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  police arrested a suspected bicycle thief. Early
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  yesterday morning in Meadowview, officers responded
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  to the 1400 block of Meadowview Road around 2
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  .50 a .m. after receiving reports of a stolen
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  bicycle. Investigators inside the department's
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  real -time information center located the suspect,
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  provided a description to officers in the field,
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  and the suspect was quickly taken into custody
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  on related charges. Today's weather, you can
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  expect another beautiful summer day across Sacramento.
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  Sunny skies with a high near 89 degrees. Southwest
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  winds between 6 and 11 miles per hour with gusts
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  up to 21 miles per hour. Tonight will be increasing
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  clouds with overnight low around 61 degrees.
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  Watch, the county announces Sustainable Business
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  Award and Resources Expo. Sacramento County is
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  inviting local businesses to attend the Sustainable
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  Business Award and Resource Expo on Wednesday,
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  September 16th from 1 to 4 p .m. at the Mac Powell
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  Event Center. The free event will recognize business
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  leaders, businesses leading the way in sustainability
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  while connecting attendees with environmental
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  resources, county departments, regional partners,
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  and business support organizations. Space is
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  limited, advanced registration is required, and
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  complimentary appetizers will be provided. You're
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  tuned in to the Sacramento Brief, your daily
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  Sacramento update. Listen anytime on Spotify,
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  YouTube podcasts, or your smart speaker. Just
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  ask for the Sacramento Brief. And now, back to
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  the Brief. For events, if you're looking for
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  something a little different tonight, Velvet
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  Collar is hosting Naughty Jeopardy! Game Night
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  from 7 to 10 p .m. Expect adult -themed trivia.
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  prizes, and plenty of laughs. The event is for
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  guests 21 and older with free parking available.
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  That's at Ratclyffe's Restaurant and Cocktail
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  Bar at 1330 H Street. Also tonight, Capital Books
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  welcomes Brad Ryan for the release of his new
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  memoir, Grandma Joy and Me, an evening exploring
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  remarkable true stories of Ryan and his grandmother's
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  eight -year journey to all 63 U .S. national
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  parks and that healing that happened along the
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  way. The event is at 6 p .m. and doors open at
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  5 45. Paid parking is available nearby and that'll
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  be at Capital Books at 1011 K Street. That's
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  all for today's Sacramento Brief. You'll find
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  the links to today's events in the show notes.
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  I'm Carol. Thank you for trusting me with your
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  morning. Be safe, stay sharp, and I'll see you
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  tomorrow.