Stevante Clark, brother of slain Sacramento resident Stephon Clark, was arrested late this week on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon and making death threats during a domestic disturbance with a couple he lives with in North Sacramento, according to The Sacramento Bee.
Clark allegedly made threats toward the woman involved, prompting her to seek a restraining order against him which was granted. In January, Stevante rented a room from Alejandro Reylon Rouska and his partner, and they claim he has been mentally unstable since the March 18 shooting of his brother. They also described him as a formerly fine tenant who paid rent on time but say the shooting changed him.
"We are getting multiple calls about it," a 911 dispatcher said. "He's streaming it live on the internet, armed with a machete. Threatening a female at that address."
Rouska claimed that Clark also threatened to rape his partner.
"This stuff with his brother broke him," Rouska told CBS Sacramento. "He's broken, and it's not his fault that he's broken and somebody needs to help fix that boy."
Following the shooting, Stevante has been heavily involved in protests seeking justice for his younger brother.
Stephon was shot at 20 times by Sacramento police in his grandparents' backyard. Officers were responding to a 911 call claiming a man was vandalizing cars with a crowbar, and they suspected the culprit was Stephon.
Officers claimed Stephon posed a threat and had a weapon. That "weapon" was a cellphone. An independent autopsy report showed that eight of the shots landed on the back and side of the father of two.
Following Stephon's death, Clark spent two days in an inpatient mental health treatment center, according to the Associated Press.
“I needed to be away from the fake love,” Clark told The Bee when the paper asked about his stay at the center. “The hospital helped me because they understand I am normal. … Now I’m scared.”
Clark called his stay at the center "great" and said "I needed it," stressing that no one made him check in, but he chose to, realizing his mental state was fragile.
Sacramento police say they have been "actively receiving information and conducting an ongoing investigation" on the charges of threats against Rouska and his partner. Clark remains in custody as he is currently ineligible for bail.
“At this point, it’s a processing of his grief as well as continued mental health issues that he’s not addressing,” said Sonia Lewis, a relative of Clark's who is also a member of Black Lives Matter Sacramento.
While Clark remains in police custody, the officers responsible for the death of Stephon are back on duty. However, CBS News reports the officers have not yet been allowed back on patrol due to safety concerns.
