CALIFORNIA IN BRIEF : SACRAMENTO : Police Hold Suspect in Drive-By Killing

A college basketball player was held as a suspect in a drive-by shooting that killed a member of the Crips street gang on Nov. 16, police said. Officers alleged that Kevin Dewayne Johnson, 19, a forward for Sacramento City College, was one of three Meadowview Bloods gang members who gunned down John Hampton, 19, from a car as he was walking home with a 12-year-old cousin. Johnson, Selvan Griggs and Tyrone Turner, both 19, were held without bail in Sacramento County Jail. Yuba County sheriff’s deputies arrested Johnson in Marysville after the first half of a game against Yuba College. His teammates witnessed the locker room arrest but returned to the court and won the game.