By Chelsea Phua and Kim Minugh
cphua@sacbee.com
A woman whose son and brother were killed in a drive-by shooting Thursday night said a fight Sunday morning was an unprovoked attack against her daughter.
Lynda Nelson, mother to 27-year-old Anthony Barnett and sister to 58-year-old Avery Sanders Jr., said a woman came at her daughter with a crowbar outside their home on Balsam St, the same place where the men were gunned down.
Sacramento police Sgt. Norm Leong said each side had a different version of what happened and discrepancies in their stories about who instigated the fight.
Some glaring between two women, whom the police are not naming because no arrests have been made, apparently happened inside the Market Basket on Marysville Boulevard on Sunday morning. The women were buying groceries for a barbecue, police said.
The hostility culminated in front of the house in the 3900 block of Balsam Street when one party was unloading the items from the car. A fight ensued and Leong said a crowbar was involved, but it's not clear who had or used it.
Leong said it's not clear how the women are related.
"Let us mourn in peace," Nelson said. "We don't want no more drama."
Officers will complete a report and forward it to the District Attorney's office, where authorities will determine whether anyone is prosecuted, Leong said.
Another three men - ages 18, 29 and 31 - were shot during the Balsam Street drive-by. They were seriously injured. Their current condition is not known.
Call The Bee's Chelsea Phua, (916) 321-1132.
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