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Suspect arrested in party shooting
Police arrested a suspect Thursday in a shooting last weekend at Martin Luther King Community Center in San Mateo.Sullivan Gayden, 29, was taken into custody about 9:30 a.m. at a home in Merced, San Mateo police said. Police had tracked him there with the help of Merced investigators.
Gayden, a Burlingame resident with ties to Hayward, is suspected of having walked into a community gathering shortly before 5 p.m. Saturday at the King center, located at 825 Monte Diablo Ave., and opening fire with a handgun, striking a 36-year-old victim several times. The victim was transported to a local hospital, where he remains in stable condition.
San Mateo investigators issued a warrant for Gayden's arrest on
Monday.
The investigation into the shooting, which occurred during an annual reunion of former black residents of San Mateo, remains open.
Anyone with information is asked to call the San Mateo Police Department's Investigations Unit at 650-522-7650.
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