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The Sacramento Brief Thursday, August 13, 2026 | Gunfire, a Police Pursuit & the GPS Evidence That Gave Him Away · The Sacramento Brief

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  This is the Sacramento Brief, your weekday roundup
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  of overnight headlines and what's ahead across
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  the city. I'm Carol. It's Thursday, August 13th,
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  2026. Let's get you caught up. Sacramento police
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  are investigating a shooting that sent officers
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  to the 3900 block of 23rd Avenue shortly after
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  5 p .m. yesterday. Officers responded to... Reports
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  of gunfire and found evidence of the shooting,
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  but the suspect or suspects had already fled
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  the area. No injuries were reported. Police have
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  not released any additional information about
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  what may have led up to the shooting. And a carjacking
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  Tuesday evening ended with an arrest, but not
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  before a police chase. Officers responded to
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  the 5900 block of Freeport Boulevard shortly
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  before 7 p .m. Police attempted to stop the vehicle,
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  but the driver refused to yield. The pursuit
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  finally ended after officers successfully deployed
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  stop sticks and the suspect was detained and
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  arrested. Meanwhile, a GPS ankle monitor helped
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  prosecutors make their case against a repeated
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  offender now facing the possibility of life in
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  prison. A Sacramento County jury convicted Sandra
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  Alvina Martinez of three robberies committed
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  in September and October of 2024. The first happened
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  at a 7 -Eleven on Watt Avenue. Prosecutors say
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  Martinez was found the following day in the same
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  vehicle with the same mask, T -shirt, and gloves
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  used during the robbery. And there was one more
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  problem. Martinez was wearing a GPS ankle monitor,
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  which prosecutors say placed him at the 7 -Eleven
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  around the time of the crime. Martinez later
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  robbed a donut shop on Del Paso Boulevard and
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  then returned to the same shop and robbed another
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  victim while pointing a firearm. The jury convicted
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  Martinez on all three robbery counts and found
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  a firearm allegation and two prior strike convictions
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  for carjacking to be true. Martinez faces 85
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  years to life when sentenced on October 30th.
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  Now stepping outside, we're looking at a pretty
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  comfortable August day for Sacramento. We'll
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  start with mostly cloudy before gradually turning
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  sunny with a high near 85 degrees. Southwest
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  winds run 6 to 9 miles per hour with gusts up
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  to 17. Tonight will be partly cloudy with low
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  around 58 and those winds could gust up to 20
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  miles per hour. And if 85 degrees still isn't
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  enough to get you moving, Maybe your morning
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  Now to your county calendar. There's a date change
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  you may want to make note of. The Sacramento
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  County's revised budget hearings are starting
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  a day earlier than originally planned. The Board
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  of Supervisors voted Tuesday to move the opening
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  day from Wednesday, September 9th to Tuesday,
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  September 8th. County officials say the change
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  allows all board members to participate in the
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  budget deliberations. And finally, if you're
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  ready to get out of the house tonight, Bass Therapy
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  is back at Social Nightclub on K Street. With
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  Stoned Level headlining, a night of bass and
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  dubstep. The party's tonight from 10 till 2,
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  and it is 21 and over. And if you prefer your
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  words a little easier, the gallery at night.
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  Poetry Open Mic is happening at Self Design Art
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  Gallery. Local poets take the mic from 8 to 10
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  p .m. tonight. So there you have it, poetry or
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  dubstep. Tonight in Sacramento, you can hear
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  somebody drop a verse or drop some bass. 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.