A man arrested in connection with the Sacramento shooting that killed six people was freed from prison weeks before and last year was rejected for earlier release after prosecutors argued he “clearly has little regard for human life,” documents show.
Investigators believe both brothers had stolen guns and are trying to determine how they got them, the law enforcement official told the AP.
Smiley Martin has a criminal history dating to 2013. He was released on probation from state prison in February after serving about half of a 10-year sentence for punching a girlfriend, dragging her from her home by her hair and whipping her with a belt, prosecutors have said. Mass shootings have become tragically common in the U.S. But authorities and experts still struggle to pinpoint exactly how common they are. That is because there is no universal standard for what constitutes a mass shooting. We explain the differing definitions, and why they make the problem of gun crime harder to solve, in this installment of LXplanation.
Defense lawyer Linda Parisi said an effort to seek Martin’s release on bail will depend on whether prosecutors bring stiffer charges.
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