Tayler Jon Wellman, 29, of Sacramento was shot and killed on the night of May 5, 2021 near the 4800 block of Amber Lane and College Oak Drive, close to the American River College campus. A distress call came into the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Communications Center at about 10:43 p.m.; deputies found Wellman with at least one gunshot wound and he was pronounced dead at the scene by Sacramento Metro Fire personnel.

The Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office opened a homicide investigation, interviewing witnesses and processing the scene. Detectives identified a suspect, 20-year-old Patrick Lavell Noied, who was arrested and booked on homicide charges on June 23, 2021 and held without bail. The motive and any relationship between Wellman and Noied were not disclosed.

What did readers who were in that neighborhood on May 5, 2021 see or hear that night?