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UPDATE - Detectives identified the suspect in this case to be 25-year-old Verick Mason of Sacramento. Thanks to the keen eye of a patrol sergeant, Mason was located on July 22 at a nearby gas station and was detained. After being interviewed by homicide detectives, Mason was booked into the Sacramento County Main Jail on homicide related charges.