The lead detective in the deadliest mass shooting in Sacramento history began testifying Friday during a preliminary hearing about the moments just before a hail of bullets killed six people and left 12 others wounded on K Street in 2022.
Sacramento Police Department Detective Shaun McGovern reviewed hundreds to thousands of hours of video footage from eateries, nightclubs and hotels around 10th and K streets to document the path defendants Dandrae Martin, 29, and Mtula Payton, 30, took on April 2022.
Martin’s brother, Smiley Martin, was also charged in the shooting that police said broke out when two rival gang members opened fire at each other. But Smiley Martin, 29, died in the downtown Sacramento County Main Jail in early June. Prosecutors formally dropped the charges against Smiley Martin last week.
The night of April 2, 2022, began with the Martin brothers, Brittany Denrow, Joshua Hoye-Lucchesi, Stanley Jackson and several others filming themselves in the 2500 block of Traction Avenue in Old North Sacramento and posting the videos on social media, McGovern testified. The Martin brothers and Hoye-Lucchesi pointed weapons at the cameras, McGovern testified…