Man hospitalized after getting shot at water kiosk in Fresno, police say

A section of Shields Avenue was closed to traffic on Wednesday as police investigated a shooting that sent one man to the hospital.

The closure happened around 1 p.m. on eastbound Shields from Cedar Avenue, according to the Fresno Police Department. Drivers in the area were asked to find an alternate route. Emergency medical crews were on the scene.

The shooting happened minutes earlier between three people in two cars near the Speedway gas station at the Cedar and Shields intersection. Police spokesman Felipe Uribe said the victim and a woman were getting gas at the station, along with the driver of a second vehicle. The victim told police he didn’t recognize that person.

The woman drove to a nearby water-dispensing kiosk and the man got out of the car when the second car pulled in. The driver then got out and fired several shots, striking the man at least once in the leg.

The victim was taken to Community Regional Medical Center and is expected to be OK.

Uribe said police don’t know whether the shooting was gang related or what caused the confrontation, but no words were exchanged at the gas station, he said.

Around the same time, officers also responded to a family disturbance call on Platt and Callisch avenues near Tulare Avenue and First Street, where shots were fired and two shell casings were found, police said.

This story was originally published September 29, 2021 at 1:50 PM.