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Two NYC suspects arrested in connection with fatal shooting at Sacramento mall, police say

The Sacramento Police Department announced the arrest on Wednesday of two 25-year-old men accused of gunning down a woman at a Pocket mall last month.

Chasity Rose James, 26, was sitting in a car with her friend outside Shari's Restaurant, 960 Florin Road, in the Lake Crest Village Shopping Center when shots rang out on Valentine's Day. James was hit in the neck as a car sped away, the Sacramento Bee reported.

Isaiah Lee James and Ayonna Tajane Burgos were arrested in New York on Wednesday and will be extradited to Sacramento to face murder charges, police said.

Officer Cody Tapley, a spokesman for the Sacramento Police Department, declined to comment on whether or not the suspects are related to the victim.

Chasity James attended college to study business and music, according to a GoFundMe campaign set up by her family to raise money for her two children. She leaves behind an 8-year-old son and 6-year-old daughter.

“She was a hardworking, loyal, loving and family-oriented person,” the family wrote in the fundraiser.

“They were her number one priority and she loved them dearly,” the GoFundMe campaign said of James' children. “She would do anything to make them happy. We want to honor her legacy by making sure they are taken care of.”