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Homicide detectives on Tuesday arrested a security guard on a suspicion of voluntary manslaughter after he allegedly shot two suspects, killing one of them, during a burglary earlier this month at a Sacramento marijuana dispensary<\/a>.<\/p>\n Joseph Lawrence Mills, 55, of Sacramento was booked at the Sacramento County Main Jail.<\/p>\n The deadly shooting occurred May 8 at the marijuana dispensary in the 8500 block of Thys Court in the Florin Fruitridge Industrial Park, just east of Florin Perkins Road.<\/p>\n About 4:30 a.m., officers initially responded to a report of a burglary in progress at the marijuana dispensary on Thys Court, Sacramento Police Department<\/a> spokesperson Officer Anthony Gamble has said. Additional calls to police reported the shooting.<\/p>\n Officers arrived at the marijuana dispensary and found a wounded man, later identified as Kato Lamarzae Mills, who was reportedly a suspect in the burglary, police said. He suffered at least one gunshot wound. Police said medics pronounced him dead at the scene.<\/p>\n On Wednesday, Sacramento County Coroner Rosa Vega confirmed Kato Lamarzae Mills, 22, of Oakland, was the man who was fatally shot May 8 at the Thys Court business.<\/p>\n Officer Allison Smith, a police spokesperson, confirmed Wednesday that there is no relation between the arrested security guard and the man fatally shot, who both have the same last name.<\/p>\n As officers were investigating the deadly shooting, another man believed to be the other suspect in the dispensary burglary arrived at a hospital with at least one gunshot wound and was reported to be in stable condition, according to the Police Department.<\/p>\n Police said Mills, who was working as a security guard for the marijuana dispensary, is believed to have shot the two burglary suspects. The security guard remained at the shooting scene and was detained by officers.<\/p>\n The homicide detectives took over the shooting investigation and later obtained an arrest warrant for the security guard on the voluntary manslaughter charge. The Sacramento County District Attorney\u2019s Office filed a criminal complaint in the homicide case against Joseph Mills last Friday, four days before detectives arrested the security guard.<\/p>\n Along with the voluntary manslaughter charge, Mills faces two additional felonies on charges of firing a gun at an inhabited building and illegal possession of an assault weapon, jail records show.<\/p>\n Sacramento Superior Court records show Joseph Mills is scheduled to appear Thursday afternoon for his arraignment hearing. He remained in jail custody Wednesday with his bail amount set at $150,000.<\/p>\n This story was originally published May 20, 2026 at 1:27 PM.<\/p>\n Related Stories from Sacramento Bee<\/p>\n
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