Crime

Detectives trying to solve Fresno’s 45th homicide ask, ‘Do you know who owns this car?’

By Chueyee Yang
Fresno police are asking the public to help investigators track down this gray SUV, seen to the right on surveillance video the day Rahman Newsome, 21, of Fresno was shot and killed.
Fresno police are asking the public to help investigators track down this gray SUV, seen to the right on surveillance video the day Rahman Newsome, 21, of Fresno was shot and killed. FRESNO POLICE DEPARTMENT

Police investigating the killing of a 21-year-old Fresno man hope identifying and finding a car possibly linked to the case may help them solve the city’s 45th homicide of the year.

Rahman Newsome died Friday, with police arriving to find him shot and lying in the roadway near Normal Avenue and Mayfair Drive.

There were reports of shots fired just before 7 p.m.

Rahman was taken to Community Regional Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.

A gray SUV was seen in the area and investigators are seeking the public’s help in tracking it down.

Anyone with information can contact Crime Stoppers anonymously at 559-498-7867 or Ddetectives Loren Kasten at 559-621-2443 or Mark Yee at 559-621-2407.

Chueyee Yang: 559-441-6447, @chueyee15

This story was originally published October 25, 2017 at 7:23 PM with the headline "Detectives trying to solve Fresno’s 45th homicide ask, ‘Do you know who owns this car?’."

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