Man suffers shotgun wound inside apartment

A man suffered a gunshot wound Sunday night in a central Fresno apartment, police said.

The shooting happened just after 7:30 p.m. near Mayfair Drive and Normal Avenue, just north of the major intersection of McKinley Avenue and First Street. That’s a few blocks north of where a drive-by shooting happened a week ago.

Lt. Carl McKnight said there have been four or five shootings in the neighborhood in the last 30 days.

He said not a lot of information is available, including leads about a suspect. The victim was not named, but McKnight said he’s a known gang member and parolee.

McKnight said officers who were called to the scene found the victim outside a garage with the shotgun wound to his arm. He was taken to Community Regional Medical Center; McKnight said the victim was lucky his arm wasn’t blown off.

McKnight said investigators believe the shooting happened inside an apartment near the garage.

This story was originally published December 10, 2017 at 8:40 PM.