{"id":290576,"date":"2026-04-29T00:25:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T00:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/290576\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T00:25:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T00:25:10","slug":"man-convicted-of-killing-his-mother-in-sacramento-county-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/290576\/","title":{"rendered":"Man convicted of killing his mother in Sacramento County home"},"content":{"rendered":"

A jury last week found a man guilty of second-degree murder for shooting his 66-year-old mother<\/a> five years ago at a senior living apartment complex in Sacramento County.<\/p>\n

Ali Mustafa Hudson, 47, was convicted of killing his mother, Ramona Hayes, during the 2021 violent confrontation that involved a shootout with Sacramento County sheriff\u2019s deputies, according to a news release from the Sacramento County District Attorney\u2019s Office.<\/a><\/p>\n

The deadly shooting occurred at the Foothill Farms Senior Apartments<\/a>, across the street from the Slavic Trinity Church in the Foothill Farms area of northeast Sacramento County.<\/p>\n

Deputies were first called to an apartment there about 5 p.m. Jan. 19, 2021, for a reported disturbance. Two family members in the reported dispute told deputies they were fine, didn\u2019t need help and sent the deputies away, sheriff\u2019s officials have said.<\/p>\n

\"Sacramento Sacramento County sheriff\u2019s deputies and California Highway Patrol officers are at a shooting in the 5400 block of Auburn Boulevard in the Foothill Farms area of Sacramento County on Jan. 19, 2021. Ali Mustafa Hudson on Thursday, April 23, 2026, was convicted of fatally shooting his mother at the senior living apartment complex. Jason Pierce Sacramento Bee file <\/p>\n

Prosecutors said the deputies were called to the apartment for reports of domestic violence and a court restraining order involving Hudson and his mother.<\/p>\n

About 20 minutes later, another family member called the Sheriff\u2019s Office to report the two people involved in the disturbance earlier were embroiled in a dispute again. When deputies arrived at the apartment a second time, they could hear a disturbance inside the apartment and approached the home\u2019s door, sheriff\u2019s officials have said.<\/p>\n

Prosecutors said Hudson was angry the deputies were at the home and wanted them to leave, so he \u201cbarricaded\u201d his mother in the apartment and later shot her four times, killing her.<\/p>\n

Hudson then fired a gun at the deputies and engaged them in a shootout until he ran out of ammunition, according to the District Attorney\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n

Sheriff\u2019s officials have said it was believed the shots were fired at the deputies through the door, so the deputies returned fire. None of the deputies were hit by gunfire.<\/p>\n

Prosecutors said Hudson was hit by gunfire from the deputies, but he was wearing body armor and only suffered minor injuries in the shootout.<\/p>\n

The brief shootout was followed by a standoff that lasted about 20 to 30 minutes before negotiators convinced Hudson to come out and surrender without further incident, according to the Sheriff\u2019s Office. Hayes was pronounced dead at the scene.<\/p>\n

Prosecutors said Hudson has a previous conviction of attempted robbery with a firearm, which is considered a strike under California\u2019s \u201cThree Strikes\u201d law. Hudson faces a maximum sentence of 123 years to life in prison.<\/p>\n

Hudson, who remains in custody at the Sacramento County Main Jail, is scheduled to return May 8 for his sentencing hearing in Sacramento Superior Court.<\/p>\n

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Rosalio Ahumada<\/a><\/p>\n

The Sacramento Bee<\/p>\n

Rosalio Ahumada writes breaking news stories related to crime and public safety for The Sacramento Bee. He speaks Spanish fluently and has worked as a news reporter in the Central Valley since 2004.\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A jury last week found a man guilty of second-degree murder for shooting his 66-year-old mother five years…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":290577,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[121,123,122],"class_list":["post-290576","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sacramento","tag-sacramento","tag-sacramento-headlines","tag-sacramento-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290576","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=290576"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290576\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/290577"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=290576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=290576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=290576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}