Feud between two men leads to a shooting death in Fresno. Here is what police know
A long-running feud, said to have been going on for months, turned violent Saturday with the shooting death of a 50-year-old man in northeast Fresno, police said.
Hours later, the suspect turned himself in.
The 50-year-old killed was identified by the Fresno County Coroner’s Office on Sunday as Francisco Franquez of Fresno.
Officers responded to a shooting about 10 a.m. Saturday at a mobile home park at East Sierra Avenue and North Clark Street. They found a man with multiple gunshot wounds to the upper body.
He was taken to Community Regional Medical Center, where he died.
Fresno Police Lt. Charlie Chamalbide said neighbors told officers that they believed it was related to the feuding men, who “had been in a long-term disturbance, where they didn’t like each other.”
The men apparently saw each other at Blackstone and Sierra avenues, Chamalbide said, and a verbal confrontation ensued. Later, one of the men was at home, outside with his family, when the other drove up and opened fire, police said.
The 49-year-old suspect drove off in a white truck. Chamalbide said the feud had been going on for at least a year.
Police early Saturday night said the suspect turned himself in. He was arrested without incident just before 5 p.m. but his name was not released.
Anyone with additional information is asked to call police at 559-621-7000.
This story was originally published October 24, 2020 at 3:36 PM.
