Fired Fresno employee drives car into Blackstone business, injures three coworkers

A Fresno man faces charges of assault with a deadly weapon after he was fired from a job and returned Friday, driving his car through the business and injuring three people, police reported.

The 38-year-old suspect, who was not immediately identified, drove about 70 feet into Authorized Vac & Sew after plowing through a plate glass window in a late-model Hyundai, said Sgt. Steve Presser.

The incident took place about 9:16 a.m. at a shopping mall on the southwest corner of North Blackstone and East Barstow avenues. The car came to rest after it slammed into a wall. There were about a dozen people, both customers and employees, in the store at the time. Presser said one person was taken to a hospital and the other two were treated at the scene. All three of the injured were store employees, police said.

Presser said the suspect was upset after he was let go earlier Friday.

This story was originally published September 3, 2021 at 11:16 AM.