Bee Staff
Two men are in jail on suspicion of the July 21 slayings on Seavey Circle of two men, perhaps over a perceived lack of respect shown to a female acquaintance of the suspects, Sacramento police said today.
Arrested were Phillip Gonzales (photo bottom right), 26, and Michael Armstrong (photo bottom left), 21, a Police Department release states.
Police gave this chronicle of events:
On July 21 at 10:14 p.m., officers responded to a report of a shooting on Seavey Circle near 5th Street. Officers arrived and found Deshawn Holloway, 35, dead at the scene from gunshot wounds. Everette Taylor, 28, was transported from the scene to the UCD Medical Center in critical condition. Taylor died the next morning from his injuries.
Based on the investigation, detectives believe that suspects Gonzales and Armstrong went to Seavey Circle looking for Taylor, the release states.
The suspects believed that Taylor had mistreated a female acquaintance of theirs, the release states. The suspects confronted Taylor and Holloway, the release states.
The confrontation turned physical and one of the suspects shot the victims, the release states.
On July 30, Gonzales was arrested at police headquarters without incident on suspicion of murder, the release states.
On Sunday, Armstrong was arrested after he turned himself in at police headquarters, the release states.
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