Fatal mass shooting was gunfight among gang rivals, Sacramento police claim

Melinda Davis, 57, was one of six people killed in Sacramento on Sunday (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group via AP)

The mass killing that left six people dead and 12 wounded outside bars just blocks from California’s Capitol last weekend was a gunfight involving at least five shooters from rival gangs, Sacramento police said on Wednesday.

Police said they identified at least five gunmen but there may have been more. Only two suspects — both brothers wounded by gunfire — have been arrested in connection with the shooting and, so far, only face firearms charges.