On June 2, 2024, at about 7 p.m., Sacramento police responded to a shooting on the 3400 block of 33rd Street in Oak Park. Officers found 53-year-old Herbert Edward Ballwin with at least one gunshot wound; he was taken to a local hospital and later died of his injuries.

Three weeks later, on June 25, 2024, 22-year-old Floyd Antonio Smith of Sacramento was arrested in connection with Ballwin’s death and charged with homicide. Smith was booked into the Sacramento County Jail without bail and had an arraignment set in Sacramento Superior Court with further proceedings scheduled for July 1, 2024. Authorities have not disclosed a motive or described the relationship, if any, between Ballwin and Smith.

The investigation is active and officials are asking anyone with information to come forward. Did anyone in Oak Park see or hear anything that night that might help investigators?