Man in wheelchair stabbed to death near downtown Fresno. Suspect arrested

A man in a wheelchair was stabbed to death late Tuesday afternoon after an argument inside a liquor market spilled out to the sidewalk near downtown Fresno.

It happened around 4:30 p.m. near Belmont and Roosevelt avenues.

Fresno Police said the victim, who was in his 50s, was stabbed multiple times after coming out of the Gateway Market.

Lt. Skye Leibee said the victim crossed Belmont Avenue while in his wheelchair when the suspect, who is in his late teens or early 20s, followed the man and attacked him.

The victim suffered multiple stab wounds to his upper torso and eventually fell out of his wheelchair and onto the sidewalk, police said.

He was transferred to Fresno Community Regional Medical Center, where the man died from the injuries.

Police said multiple people witnessed the stabbing and some chased after the suspect as he tried to flee.

Officers soon after located the man at a home near Echo Avenue, about a 1/2 mile from the scene of the stabbing, and arrested him.

It is the city’s 56th homicide. Earlier Tuesday, a man was shot to death off Broadway Avenue in central Fresno,

This story was originally published September 21, 2021 at 7:00 PM.