Couple driving in Fresno caught in middle of gunfire. This is what police know
A couple traveling in southwest Fresno was possibly caught in a middle of gunfire Saturday evening, police said.
According to Fresno Police Lt. Israel Reyes, officers were alerted by the Shotspotter surveillance system to 12 rounds of gunfire around 7 p.m. at Jensen and Clara avenues.
Reyes said officers located shell casings on the roadway there. The couple called police at 7:10 p.m. from the 2600 block of South Lee Avenue about five blocks west of the original scene to report their vehicle was shot at on the driver side. A man hit by shrapnel on his left arm was taken to Kaiser Permanente Medical Center where he was listed in stable condition, Reyes said. Officers originally thought the man had been shot.
As the police investigation continued, officers in the area of Marks Avenue and Highway 180 spotted a vehicle matching the description involved in the shooting.
The unit attempted to pull over the vehicle, but the driver continued on eastbound Highway 180. He stopped the vehicle near Stanislaus and Thorne avenues, Reyes said, and tried to run away but was arrested in an alley.
“We have identified the vehicle through witnesses that were involved in the original shooting.” Reyes said. “What we haven’t determined is that the individual that ran from the vehicle taken into custody if he’s involved in the shooting. That is going to take a little work by our detectives and figure that out.”
Anyone with information is asked to call police at 559-621-7000.
This story was originally published January 23, 2021 at 9:57 PM.
