Just after 4:30 PM on Saturday, December 30, 2023, Sacramento County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to the call of a shooting on the 4700 block of Greenholme Drive.  When they arrived on scene, Deputies located an unresponsive juvenile in the middle of the parking lot, who was bleeding from his head and neck.  Initial reports from witnesses stated that the victim was 13-14 years old and that he had been shot.  Deputies immediately began life-saving efforts, including CPR, until Sacramento Metro Fire Department personnel arrived on scene. The victim was transported to a local hospital, where he was later pronounced deceased.  It was later confirmed that the victim was only ten years old.

Simultaneously, witnesses at the scene told Deputies that the individual(s) responsible for the shooting ran into a nearby apartment.  Deputies called out all the individuals from that apartment and detained everyone without incident.  Detained from the apartment were an adult and two juveniles.  The adult was later identified as 53-year-old Arkete Davis.

Homicide Detectives and Crime Scene investigators responded to the scene, interviewed witnesses, and gathered evidence.  Based on their investigation, they learned one of the juveniles detained, also a 10-year-old male, went to his father’s (Davis) vehicle to get him cigarettes.  He then took a gun from inside the vehicle and bragged that his father had a gun.  He then proceeded to shoot the victim once and ran into a nearby apartment.  Detectives located a firearm in a nearby trashcan, where Davis is believed to have tried to dispose of it.  Detectives confirmed that Davis was legally prohibited from owning or possessing a firearm.  The recovered firearm was also reported stolen in 2017.

The juvenile believed to have shot the victim was arrested and transported to the Sacramento County Youth Detention Facility, where he was charged with PC 187 – Murder.  Davis was arrested and transported to the Sacramento County Main Jail, where he was charged with several felony firearm-related charges, as well as PC 273a(a) – Child Endangerment and PC 32 – Accessory After the Fact.  Davis is being held on $500,000 bail and is scheduled to appear in court on January 3, 2024.

Sergeant Amar Gandhi

Sheriff’s Spokesman