From Niesha Lofing:
A 31-year-old man is facing homicide charges in connection to the shooting death of a North Natomas woman.
Roosevelt Latarus Billups, left, was arrested Thursday for allegedly killing Brittney D. Austin at her home in the Homecoming complex on Kokomo Drive.
Sacramento police Capt. Daniel Hahn said the two had a relationship, but couldn't specify as to whether they were boyfriend and girlfriend.
A maintenance worker found Austin collapsed and unresponsive May 14 outside her apartment in the Homecoming complex on Kokomo Drive.
The worker called 911 and an emergency crew performed CPR but was unable to revive her, authorities said.
Austin had been shot in the upper body.
The complex's management and neighbors aided in the investigation, as did video footage from a neighbor's security camera, Hahn said.
"We can't disclose how it actually helped," he said, adding that the footage didn't capture the crime in progress.
Hahn said police are thankful for the complex management's and neighbors' cooperation during the investigation.
"It was a good partnership," he said.
Billups was already in jail for allegedly driving drunk when the homicide count was added Thursday.
He is being held without bail in Sacramento County Jail and is scheduled to be arraigned Monday afternoon, according to online jail information.
Here is Chelsea Phua's May 15 story about the fatal shooting.
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