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Davis Picnic Day Shooter Faces Federal Felon-in-Possession Charge

The complaint is part of a Justice Department crime-reduction initiative following a search of Davis’s home that produced a short-barrel AR-15 pistol.

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Overview

  • Acting U.S. Attorney Kimberly A. Sanchez unsealed the federal complaint on Aug. 1 after an FBI-led probe into the April 12 shooting.
  • Prosecutors allege Davis opened fire at a fraternity-hosted Community Park event during UC Davis’s annual Picnic Day, wounding two teenagers and a 24-year-old woman.
  • Agents recovered a short-barrel AR-15–style pistol from Davis’s Sacramento apartment under a search warrant.
  • Davis pleaded not guilty to the federal felon-in-possession charge and to earlier local counts of assault with a deadly weapon and illegal firearm possession.
  • If convicted, Davis faces up to 15 years in prison and a $250,000 fine under federal sentencing guidelines.