After an extensive manhunt took place to find the suspect who shot and killed a woman in south Sacramento, officers have made an arrest, according to police.
Shortly after 9 AM, police were called to the scene of a shooting on 23rd Avenue in south Sacramento. Upon arrival, they found a woman who succumbed to at least one gunshot wound.
Medics were rushed to the scene in an attempt to save her and was then taken to a local hospital where she was pronounced dead. At the time of her death, her name was not released and was not made known to the public until her next of kin was notified, according to a CBS News report. She was later identified as 41-year-old Felica Michele Wilcots.
Police believe her murder was an isolated incident.
The suspect has been identified as 39-year-old Sacramento resident Vicent Saenz, who was immediately apprehended and detained. Authorities combed through piles of evidence, conducted interviews and further investigations, leading to his arrest. He is currently behind bars at the Sacramento County Main Jail and is expected to be arraigned Wednesday.
The news comes just days after Shine My Crown reported about a recent high school graduate who was shot and killed while driving on Interstate 85 in Dinwiddie County, Virginia last Tuesday, police confirmed.
According to police records, T’miya Murphy, 19, was driving on the highway when an unknown assailant pulled up alongside her and fired shots into her 2017 Kia Optima. The shooting took place shortly before 11 AM.
“Immediately following the shooting, the sedan crossed the southbound lanes of 85 and crashed on the right shoulder on I-85,” a Virginia State Police spokesperson told WTVR via email.
Murphy had just graduated from Thomas Dale High School last year, her classmates said.
“Miya was a loveable, kind-hearted, and very goofy young lady,” reads a statement on the victim’s online obituary. “She loved to dance and sing. Miya always said she was going to be ‘TikTok famous’ and she was known for her favorite word, ‘Bruh.’”
“It’s very sad, you know, I pray for her family,” the woman who heard the gunshots in the shooting said. “I pray for everyone that has to deal with these types of loss because it’s unanswered and you don’t know why.”
