A man is dead after caller from inside a home tells police shots were fired
One man is dead and two others were wounded in a physical altercation in Tulare, police said.
Just after 10:04 p.m. Thursday, police got a call about shots fired from inside a home in the 1600 block of West Santa Barbara Street in southwest Tulare.
Police found one man lying on an adjacent driveway with severe injuries.
Inside, police found two men, one suffering a head wound and the other with a gunshot wound.
The victims were taken local hospitals, where one man died. Detectives are trying to find his next of kin, police said Friday morning.
Detectives do not believe the homicide is gang-related or drug-related and do not know if the victim’s knew who attacked them.
Police are not releasing a suspect description yet, Sgt. Andy Garcia said.
Anyone with information should call Detective Ray Guerrero at 559-684-2149, or leave anonymous tips at 559-684-4290, during non-business hours or on weekends at 559-685-3454, anonymously 24-hours a day 559-685-2300, extension 4445, and online at http://www.tipsubmit.com/webtipstart.aspx
Lewis Griswold: 559-441-6104, @fb_LewGriswold
This story was originally published April 28, 2017 at 10:50 AM with the headline "A man is dead after caller from inside a home tells police shots were fired."