SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - a mother load 2 year-old son into one seen used his body to protect the toddler until she was shot and killed in gunbattle follows lunch at a mall band Sacramento, the sheriff said Wednesday.
Monique Nelson, 30 years old, had strapped just his son in his seat, when she struck in the chest Tuesday and detectives believe she positioned itself to protect his son, Sgt Tim Curran said Sacramento County Sheriff.
"She was found with his body on young children", he said. "Therefore us believe she did hear the shots.
A second victim, 20 years Marvion Barksdale, also died of injuries sustained in the shootout after was taken to hospital where he underwent surgery for a chest injury, Curran said Wednesday. Five men were injured in the shooting. All are intended to survive.
Nelson is dead at the scene, where sheriff and fire department personnel attempted to entertain his son after the shooting. The child was free and was recovered with the members of the family, according to the authorities.
Members of the family do not immediately return a phone message left on Wednesday at the bookstore, where Nelson worked as a supervisor, according to the set of Sacramento.
Brother Nelson, Richard Nelson told the newspaper that his sister was "bubbly, outgoing, always had a smile on his face."
He said his greatest passion is his son.
"All about her son." "She loved son dearly", he said. "It was a good mother".
Detectives believe at least a sniper in the barber shop Fly pieces & styles just before 11 a.m. and began shooting. At least one person to store returned fire.
Curran said the ensuing gunbattle were transferred in the parking lot. Detectives recovered bullets with four guns, including a rifle, he told reporters Wednesday. Handgun was recovered, but are not sure if it has been used in police shooting.
A number of homicides have occurred in South Sacramento, site Tuesday, shots, but it has no history known to violence at the shop of Barber, Curran said. The authorities were still investigate crime Wednesday and said only that have no reason for it.
The identified his first suspect as a 24-year-old Lonnie Orlando Mitchell Sacramento Sheriff Department and warned residents to be considered armed and dangerous.
Detectives say they believe Mitchell has been involved in the shooting but cannot say that he was responsible for the killing Nelson or Barksdale shots fired. He faces charges of assault with a weapon and deadly parole violation.
Curran said Nelson visited a one-hour photo shop in the mall to stop briefly in the barber shop to pay tribute to the people she knew it. Curran describes as a "social gathering place" hairdressing salon for many people and Nelson said would give his son there to get his hair cut.
"We believe there are many people out there who were involved in the shooting and they will be held accountable." We have people conceal information whether they may occur, "said Curran." "The bottom line: we have completely innocent victim who was shot to death."
A man who had been arrested Wednesday at the beginning of the investigation into the shooting was found not directly involved in the shooting. Curran said human issues outstanding.
A 28 - year man wounded in the shoulder and the leg and 46 year old man was shot in the stomach is remained hospitalized Wednesday, Curran said.
A man of 37 years old, was wounded in the leg and a 20 year-old man shot in the chest was treated and released. They were only associated the shooting later Tuesday, Curran said, after leaving the Mall band and ignored summer off the coast in separate hospitals.
A 39 year old man suffered a grazing ankle injury and had been treated by paramedics on the scene.
The authorities said that they were not identified which injured victims might be suspicious.
Although its likely gang members participated, authorities do not believe that the shooting was directly related to gang activities Curran said.
"There is no doubt involved people who were members of gangs." But it is a classic gang shooting... "This is not what it was all", he said.
Curran said two dozen people have been playing games in back of the store room during the shooting. He said detectives took the floor to about 20 people, and they cooperate as much as they should for fear of reprisals.
"(Detective) become the variations of the same story", he said.
Tuesday, the fire happened on a block where a 22 year old man has been shot execution-style January he ate lunch at a restaurant. Police believe that the case was gang-related, but it remains unresolved.
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