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Shooting challenges downtown Sacramento’s rebuilding efforts

A man passes a colorful panel painted with the message "Mission: Hope on K Street," in Sacramento, Calif., Thursday, April 7, 2022. A mass shooting, April 3 that killed six people and wounded a dozen others occurred just a two blocks from where this sign is displayed. In recent years the heart of the city has been rattled by rising crime, protests and the economic drubbing of the pandemic. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli) Shavon Lynch, left and Jason Slieter, join work colleagues for a beer at the Ruhstaller Brewery on K St. in Sacramento, Calif., Wednesday, April 6, 2022. They had mixed opinions about downtown following the nearby mass shooting that killed six people. Slieter said the incident has made him consider whether Sacramento is the right place to raise his family. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli) People pass the Golden 1 Center, in Sacramento, Calif., Saturday, April 9, 2022. The arena opened in 2016 as well as regular stop on major concert tours. The arena anchors the city's downtown revitalization efforts and is just blocked from where the April 3 mass shooting that killed six people occurred. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli) A "For Lease" sign is posted in the window of the former Ambrosia Cafe in Sacramento, Calif., Friday, April 8, 2022. Once a popular meeting spot for lawmakers, lobbyists and others a block away from the state Capitol, the Ambrosia like many businesses in the downtown area became a causality of the pandemic. In recent years the heart of the city has been rattled by rising crime, protests and the economic drubbing of the pandemic. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli) FILE— Demonstrators protesting the fatal shooting of an unarmed Black man shut down Interstate 5 in Sacramento, Calif., Thursday, March 22, 2018. In recent years the heart of the city has been rattled by rising crime, protests and the economic drubbing of the pandemic. (AP Photo/Robert Petersen, File) FILE — Protesters march through downtown Sacramento, Calif. in memory of George Floyd, Monday, June 1, 2020. In recent years the downtown area has been rattled by rising crime, protests and the economic drubbing of the pandemic. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File) A woman wipes her eyes as she passes a memorial at Capitol Books, Friday, April 8, 2022, just a few yards away from the scene of a mass shooting in Sacramento, Calif. The April 3 shooting, which left six dead and 12 wounded, occurred near the state Capitol, an area that in recent years has been rattled by rising crime, protests and the economic drubbing of the pandemic. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli) FILE - A crime scene investigator photograph evidence markers at the scene of a mass shooting in Sacramento, Calif. April 3, 2022. The shooting, which left six dead and 12 wounded, occurred near the state Capitol, an area that in recent years has been rattled by rising crime, protests and the economic drubbing of the pandemic. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File) Mourners visit a memorial to victims of a recent mass shooting in Sacramento, Calif., Friday, April 8, 2022. The April 3 shooting, which left six dead and 12 wounded, occurred near the state Capitol, an area that in recent years has been rattled by rising crime, protests and the economic drubbing of the pandemic. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli) A message left for one of the victims of a recent mass shooting sits among flowers and candles at a memorial in Sacramento, Calif., Saturday, April 9, 2022. The April 3 shooting, which left six dead and 12 wounded, occurred near the state Capitol, an area that in recent years has been rattled by rising crime, protests and the economic drubbing of the pandemic. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli) FILE-- Jeanelle Loui, an employee at Sharif Jewelers looks down at one of the shattered display cases on Monday, June 1, 2020, The store was ransacked by people protesting in Sacramento, Calif., over the death of George Floyd. The now closed jewelry store sits on the same corner in downtown where six people were killed April 3, 2022, in a mass shooting. In recent years that area has been rattled by rising crime, protests and the economic drubbing of the pandemic. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File) FILE -- Authorities search the scene of a mass shooting in Sacramento, Calif. on April 3, 2022. The shooting, which left six dead and 12 wounded, occurred near the state Capitol, an area that in recent years has been rattled by rising crime, protests and the economic drubbing of the pandemic. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)