Murder Charges Filed Against Survivor of Sacramento Siege

SACRAMENTO — The survivor among four gunmen felled by sheriff’s deputies in Sacramento’s dramatic hostage siege last week was arraigned Monday on 54 felony charges including three capital counts of first-degree murder.

The legal proceedings took place in the intensive care unit of University Medical Center, where Loi Khac Nguyen, 21, of Sacramento was admitted with bullet wounds after the violent incident Thursday at a Good Guys electronics store.

Authorities said Nguyen did not enter a plea and spoke only in a whisper during the brief arraignment.

Nguyen’s two younger brothers, Pham, 19, and Long, 17, as well as a friend, Cuong Tran, 17, died as sheriff’s deputies first shot out a plate-glass window in an attempt to kill one of the gunmen, then burst into the store, where 41 hostages had been held for 8 1/2 hours.