Police have arrested three people in connection with the deadly shooting of an employee at a 7-Eleven in Sacramento. The shooting took place on Monday, February 22, during a possible robbery, according to Sacramento police.
KCRA3 reports that police have identified the three suspects as Gabriel Knorr, 24, Adam Waddell, 23, and Diana Shaynyuk, 19.
Knorr was booked into the Sacramento County Main Jail on homicide charges, while Waddell and Shaynyuk were booked on robbery charges, said police on Wednesday, February 24.
The Sacramento Police Department gave details on the incident in a news release obtained by KCRA3.
Just before 3:00 A.M. on Monday, a customer contacted police after they find an employee with a life-threatening injury at the 7-Eleven located in the 1100 block of 43rd Avenue.
Police responded to the call and firefighters took the man to the hospital where he was declared dead.
The victim was identified as 31-year-old Gurpreet Singh by the Sacramento County Coroner's Office.
On Wednesday, police said he was shot during an apparent robbery.
"The police department would like to thank our community for their patience while detectives worked through this investigation. As a result, detectives were able to quickly apprehend the individuals responsible for this violent crime,” South Command Capt. Adam Green said in a statement. “We hope that an arrest in this incident provides some closure to the victim’s family and anybody in our community that has been affected by this incident.”
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