Raymond C. Mays, 39, a Black/African American man from Sacramento, was shot shortly before 12:45 a.m. on August 27, 2025, in the 200 block of Bannon Street, a stretch of the River District near Richards Boulevard.
Officers found the 39-year-old male with at least one gunshot wound; despite life-saving efforts and transport to a local hospital, he died from his injuries.
He was later memorialized publicly by name and age as Raymond C.
Mays, 39, with the date and city of his death recorded by community and media trackers that chronicle gun fatalities.
Detectives and crime scene investigators processed the scene through the night, collecting evidence and interviewing witnesses as the Sacramento County Coroner assumed responsibility for formal identification protocols.
The area's early-morning quiet gave way to flashing lights and taped-off pavement while investigators asked for tips, a routine but urgent appeal in a case that, at first, had no suspect information to release.
Within the span of less than 48 hours, police announced an arrest connected to the killing.
On August 28, 2025, officers arrested 31-year-old Kevin Leacy and booked him into the Sacramento County Main Jail on homicide-related charges; local news later summarized the arrest as tied to the same Bannon Street shooting that claimed the life of Raymond C. Mays, 39.
Jail booking records reflect that Leacy, 31, was booked just after midnight on August 29 on a murder count. Authorities have not announced additional suspects.
What remains on the public record is stark and spare: a precise time and place, a 39-year-old man's last ride to the hospital, and an arrest that moved the case from the chaos of a predawn scene toward the slow churn of court proceedings.
The story of Raymond C. Mays, 39, is preserved in brief dispatches and a growing memorial page that mark both the violence of that night and the community's effort to remember him.
