12-year-old Fresno County boy who died from gunshot wound identified
A 12-year-old-boy who died Sunday after suffering a gunshot wound in Firebaugh was identified by the Fresno County Sheriff’s Office as Ivan Gomez.
Investigators were called at 12:30 p.m. Sunday to a home in the 600 block of North Fairfax Avenue. A caller reported the incident as an accidental shooting, sheriff’s spokesman Tony Botti said in a news release. The Firebaugh boy died a short time later.
“Detectives learned that both the 12-year-old victim and a 13-year-old boy had access to a handgun,” Botti said Monday. “Detectives are still working to find out how the kids were able to gain access to the gun. What led to the gun being fired and striking the victim remains a question in this ongoing investigation.”
This story was originally published February 3, 2019 at 2:37 PM.