A Sacramento County jury has convicted a man of first-degree murder in a deadly shooting that happened three and a half years ago in the city’s Fab 40s neighborhood.
DeSean Brasser shot and killed Charles Starzynski, 70, on October 20, 2022, outside the Sutter Lawn Tennis Club. The Sacramento County District Attorney’s Office said the jury also found true that Brasser robbed Starzynski.
That day, Starzynski had gone to an ATM in Midtown Sacramento to make business deposits for a local food chain, prosecutors said. Brasser, who was a passenger in a vehicle nearby driven by another suspect, spotted Starzynski walking back to his vehicle and placing a blue bank bag in his trunk.
Brasser followed Starzynski as he drove away and into the parking area behind the Sutter Lawn Tennis Club. That is when law enforcement officials said Brasser, armed with a gun, approached Starzynski as he was standing at the rear of the vehicle with the trunk open.
Prosecutors said a witness heard Brasser say