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Saturday 25 March 2017
Sacramento man arrested in killing of 2 adults, 2 juveniles

DON THOMPSON, He was being held Friday The single-story beige home
PAUL ELIAS in the Sacramento County with sculpted shrubbery
Associated Press Jail, police spokesman Sgt. where the bodies were
SACRAMENTO, Calif. Bryce Heinlein said. found has a basketball
(AP) — Police arrested a The four victims were dis- hoop in a driveway that
56-year-old man Friday on covered Thursday morn- police blocked with yel-
suspicion that he killed two ing when police broke into low crime scene tape. It’s
adults and two juveniles in the home after a relative located in a tree-lined resi-
a quiet Northern California reported that something dential neighborhood of
neighborhood. might be wrong. neatly maintained homes
Authorities did not release Vasquez-Oliva was quickly near a church.
the names of the victims, singled out by investigators It was unclear when the
but friends and family of on Thursday. Police said he victims were killed, Heinlein
a young family that lived is from Sacramento, but re- said. Police also weren’t
in the Sacramento house cords show is also is associ- saying how they were killed.
feared the worst. ated with an apartment There were no reports of
Rita Munoz, who lives in in San Francisco, located shots fired or other prob-
the neighborhood, said near the University of San lems at the home until the
her grandchildren played Francisco and six blocks relative called police to re-
with an 11-year-old boy from where police found port concern, Heinlein said.
and 14-year-old girl who him. The building is in a A few neighbors looked
lived with their mother in nice neighborhood, but it on as homicide detectives
the house. Munoz said her is worn and rundown. There and crime scene investiga-
neighbor’s mother arrived was no answer at the door, tors made their way in and
at the house shortly after though a light remained on out of the home south of
the bodies were found inside. the state Capitol.
Thursday and was heard The California Employment Don Sherrill, whose home
crying “Oh my gosh, my This booking photo released Friday, March 24, 2017, shows Sal- Development Department, shares a back fence with
only baby. My grandba- vador Vasquez-Oliva. Police arrested a Vasquez-Oliva Friday which administers the state the victims’ house, said he
bies are all gone,” after she on suspicion of homicide in connection to the killings of two unemployment checks, and his wife, Joanne Sher-
learned what happened. adults and two juveniles in Sacramento a day earlier. said it has employed rill, often heard children
Later Munoz said she over- (Sacramento PD via AP) Vasquez-Oliva as an office playing in the backyard or
heard the woman say: “I the victims and said they Salvador Vasquez-Oliva technician since 2014. using an inflatable pool.
told her not to go back to haven’t determined a mo- in San Francisco about 90 Heinlein said he was likely “The young kids really en-
him.” tive. miles (145 kilometers) away known to the victims, add- joyed the backyard and
Sacramento police de- “It’s a horrible thing,” Mu- on Thursday afternoon and ing: “Preliminarily this does swimming in the summer
clined to discuss the sus- noz said. formally arrested him Friday not appear to be a ran- time,” Joanne Sherrill told
pect’s relationship with Police originally detained morning. dom act.” the Bee.q
Victim’s husband appeals for calm after Wisconsin shooting

TODD RICHMOND his wife worked. northern reaches have oc- of miles from the Wausau Sann did not respond to
Associated Press “This person could’ve been casionally flared, most nota- area. Nothing has emerged phone messages from the
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The any gender, any color, any bly in 2004, when a Hmong so far to suggest the shoot- AP.
husband of one of four religion and they could’ve hunter fatally shot six white ings were motivated by Investigators have re-
people killed in a string of acted in other ways of vio- hunters and wounded two anything more than Vang’s leased few details about
shootings by a suspect who lence to make their point,” more in northwestern Wis- anger toward his wife. The what happened during
is Hmong urged commu- Scott Sann wrote in an consin. The Hmong, mainly two are embroiled in a bit- the shooting spree. They
nity members not to “get emotional letter posted on from the mountain regions ter divorce proceeding. haven’t officially identified
caught up in colors” in re- his employer’s Facebook of Laos, began immigrating Vang’s brother, Vajloogzeb Vang as the suspect. A
acting to the attack. page. “Don’t get trapped to the U.S. in the 1970s af- Vaj, told The Associated person close to the inves-
Nengmy Vang, 45, is ac- in the details.” Sann’s wife, ter the Vietnam War. Many Press that the Hmong pop- tigation gave his name to
cused of launching a ram- Sara Quirt Sann, was the at- won refuge because they ulation will come together the AP Friday on condition
page that spanned three torney who died in the at- had helped the U.S. during to help the victims’ families. of anonymity because the
northern Wisconsin towns tack. According to the U.S. the war. They settled main- “I feel sorry for the families,” person wasn’t authorized
on Wednesday, killing his Census, nearly 50,000 ly in California, Minnesota he said. Kahm Yang, board to speak. Vang’s divorce
wife’s divorce attorney, a Hmong live in Wisconsin. and Wisconsin. president of the Wausau attorney, David Gardner
police detective and two Tensions between them That 2004 shooting of hunt- Area Hmong Association, Casey, didn’t return mes-
people at the bank where and whites in the state’s ers took place hundreds didn’t return messages. sages Friday. q