HE DOES FACE SEVERAL CHARGES, INCLUDING ASSAULT WITH A DEADLY WEAPON. MEANTIME, FRIDAY MARKS FOUR YEARS SINCE A DEADLY SHOOTING IN SACRAMENTO HISTORY. AND TODAY THE TWO MEN FACING CHARGES IN THE CASE ARE DUE BACK IN COURT. NOW, THAT SHOOTING HAPPENED IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF APRIL 3RD, 2022 ON K STREET AS THE COUPLE OF BARS WERE LETTING OUT, POLICE SAY THAT SHOOTING WAS GANG RELATED. SIX PEOPLE WERE KILLED, INCLUDING THESE THREE INNOCENT BYSTANDERS. 12 OTHERS WERE HURT, TOO. PAYTON AND DEANDRE MARTIN ARE THE SURVIVING SUSPECTS. THERE HAVE BEEN MANY HEARINGS AND MOTIONS IN THE CASE. LAST MONTH, THEY ASKED FOR A CHANGE OF VENUE. TH
Defendants in 2022 K Street shooting case to return to court almost 4 years since gunbattle
Updated: 8:35 AM PDT Mar 30, 2026
Almost four years after Sacramento’s deadliest shooting in history, the two remaining men believed to be responsible are set to appear in court Monday.The April 3, 2022, shooting along K Street in downtown Sacramento left six people dead and 12 others injured. Of the six killed, three were innocent bystanders, while the others were part of the gunbattle investigators say was gang-related.Dandrae Martin and Mtula Payton, who have pleaded not guilty, are facing murder and weapons violations. During a previous court appearance, their defense attorneys requested that the trial be relocated out of Sacramento.It is not clear when that trial could begin, as it was initially set to begin in January 2025.A third person, Smiley Martin, was also arrested in connection, but he was found dead in jail in June 2024. His listed cause of death was methadone toxicity.The three victims are 21-year-old Johntaya “JoJo” Alexander, 57-year-old Melinda Davis and 21-year-old Yamile Martinez-Andrade.The other three people who died were 29-year-old DeVazia Turner, 38-year-old Sergio Harris and 32-year-old Joshua Hoye-Luchessi. Investigators do not consider them victims because of a California law that states people who participate in a shootout that injures or kills others are not victims.See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app | Subscribe to our morning newsletter | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel
SACRAMENTO, Calif. —
Almost four years after Sacramento’s deadliest shooting in history, the two remaining men believed to be responsible are set to appear in court Monday.
The April 3, 2022, shooting along K Street in downtown Sacramento left six people dead and 12 others injured. Of the six killed, three were innocent bystanders, while the others were part of the gunbattle investigators say was gang-related.
Dandrae Martin and Mtula Payton, who have pleaded not guilty, are facing murder and weapons violations. During a previous court appearance, their defense attorneys requested that the trial be relocated out of Sacramento.
It is not clear when that trial could begin, as it was initially set to begin in January 2025.
A third person, Smiley Martin, was also arrested in connection, but he was found dead in jail in June 2024. His listed cause of death was methadone toxicity.
The three victims are 21-year-old Johntaya “JoJo” Alexander, 57-year-old Melinda Davis and 21-year-old Yamile Martinez-Andrade.
The other three people who died were 29-year-old DeVazia Turner, 38-year-old Sergio Harris and 32-year-old Joshua Hoye-Luchessi. Investigators do not consider them victims because of a California law that states people who participate in a shootout that injures or kills others are not victims.
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