Suspect in Sacramento Mass Shooting Received Early Prison Release Just 1 Month Prior

One man arrested in connection with a fatal shooting early Sunday in Sacramento had been released early from prison in February. The shooting left six people dead and 12 injured, according to KGO-TV . Smiley Martin, 27…

IJR SyndicatedApr 6, 20223 min read

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Martin’s release had first been proposed in 2021 but was stalled after the Sacramento District Attorney’s office objected.

“As shown by Inmate Martin’s pattern of conduct, he is an assaultive and non-compliant individual and has absolutely no regard for his victims who are left in the wake of numerous serious offenses,” the office wrote last April, according to the Sacramento Bee.

“He has no respect for others, for law enforcement or for the law,” the letter said, adding “If he is released early, he will continue to break the law.”

The incident will lead to new questions about the system for releasing inmates, said one observer.

“I think the question is going to be asked here, ‘What level of supervision, if any, was he under when he was released from prison?'” legal analyst Steven Clark said, KGO-TV reported.

“They’re going to look at this as, ‘Should they go back and tinker with the prison credit system so that there are certain people that do not get out this early?’ I think it’s too early to point fingers at any one governmental entity here, but it’s questions that need to be answered, particularly when you look at the carnage that occurred in downtown Sacramento,” Clark said.

In addition to the Martin brothers, Daviyonne Dawson, 31, was arrested and charged with being a prohibited person in possession of a firearm, Sacramento Police said, according to USA Today.

Dandrae Martin had been freed from an Arizona prison in 2020 after serving more than one and a half years for violating probation in two cases — a felony conviction for aggravated assault in 2016 and a marijuana conviction in 2018. Dandre Martin had also pleaded guilty to punching, kicking and choking a woman after she refused to work as a prostitute for him.

Dandre Martin was wanted on a misdemeanor warrant by the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department.

This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.