{"id":270106,"date":"2026-04-16T03:13:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T03:13:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/270106\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T03:13:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T03:13:09","slug":"jury-selected-in-sacramento-k-street-2022-deadly-mass-shooting-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/270106\/","title":{"rendered":"Jury selected in Sacramento K Street 2022 deadly mass shooting case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">(FOX40.COM) \u2014 The Sacramento County District Attorney\u2019s Office announced on Wednesday that a jury has been selected in the case of the 2022 K Street mass shooting that left six people dead and a dozen others injured.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The DA\u2019s office confirmed to FOX40 that opening statements are scheduled to begin Tuesday after jurors are formally sworn in.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Mtula Payton and Dandrae Martin are facing multiple murder charges in connection with the April 3, 2022, shooting in downtown Sacramento, the DA\u2019s office said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Authorities reported that the gunfire erupted during a large fight in a crowded nightlife area, sending hundreds of people fleeing and leaving 12 others wounded.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A third suspect, Smiley Martin, was also charged in the case but was found dead in his jail cell in June 2024. Officials stated that his death was the result of a methadone overdose.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">If convicted, officials said that Payton and Martin could face life in prison.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fox40.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to FOX40 News.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to FOX40 News.&quot;}\" class=\"link \"> For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to FOX40 News. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(FOX40.COM) \u2014 The Sacramento County District Attorney\u2019s Office announced on Wednesday that a jury has been selected in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":270107,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[109192,109195,121,123,122,109196],"class_list":["post-270106","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sacramento","tag-dandrae-martin","tag-mtula-payton","tag-sacramento","tag-sacramento-headlines","tag-sacramento-news","tag-smiley-martin"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270106","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=270106"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270106\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/270107"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=270106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=270106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=270106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}