Sacramento Police investigate a shooting at South Hills Shopping Center in South Land Park on Sunday, Jan. 2, 2022. A judge on Thursday July 30, 2026, sentenced D’Anthony Marcel Chaney to 52 years to life in prison for the 2022 shooting of Terrence Raythail Lindsey outside Mike’s Liquor store in the shopping center.
Nathaniel Levine
nlevine@sacbee.com
A judge on Thursday morning sentenced a man to 52 years to life in prison for a deadly shooting four years ago shortly after a confrontation with the victim inside a South Land Park liquor store.
Sacramento Superior Court Judge Ernest Sawtelle sentenced D’Anthony Marcel Chaney, 35, for the shooting death of 43-year-old Terence Raythail Lindsey at Mike’s Liquor store, the Sacramento County District Attorney’s Office announced in a news release.
In May, a jury found Chaney guilty of first-degree murder in Lindsey’s death, along with an enhancement for firing a gun and causing death. The jury also found Chaney guilty of being a convicted felon in possession of a gun.
The shooting was reported about 7:30 p.m. on Jan. 2, 2022, at Mike’s Liquor store in the 5900 block of South Land Park Drive at the South Hills Shopping Center in Sacramento.
That evening, Chaney went into the liquor store to buy alcohol and cigars. Lindsey was already inside the store making a purchase.
Prosecutors said Chaney approached the store’s front counter and “exchanged words” with Lindsey, who let Chaney go in front of him in line.
Chaney left the store and, with a 9 mm gun in his hand, waited outside for Lindsey, according to the District Attorney’s Office.
When Lindsey walked out of the liquor store, Chaney shot him seven times at close range, prosecutors said.
Sacramento Police investigate a shooting at South Hills Shopping Center in South Land Park on Sunday, Jan. 2, 2022. A judge on Thursday sentenced D’Anthony Marcel Chaney to 52 years to life in prison for the 2022 shooting of Terrence Raythail Lindsey outside Mike’s Liquor store in the shopping center. Nathaniel Levine nlevine@sacbee.com
Sacramento Fire Department personnel pronounced Lindsey dead at the scene. The fatal shooting drew a large law enforcement presence that Sunday night as authorities worked at the scene in the parking lot and investigators canvassed nearby businesses searching for witnesses.
Prosecutors said Chaney left California the following morning. Chaney was arrested in Reno a few days later by Sacramento Police Department homicide detectives and Reno police officers.
Lindsey of Sacramento was described as “a real life superhero” by his daughter, Orionna Andres-Lindsey, who at the time created an online GoFundMe fundraiser to seek donations to help pay for funeral services. She called her father her best friend, who was the first person she went to when anything got tough and was always available when she needed him the most.
On Thursday, Chaney remained in custody at the Sacramento County Main Jail awaiting transfer to a prison.
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