Arrest made in social media feud double homicide. Fresno police identify 2 teens killed

Fresno police said they made an arrest in the double homicide from Tuesday that began with a social media argument.

Police in an update Wednesday morning said 19-year-old Nicole Diaz and 17-year-old Noah Golding were gunned down about 1:20 a.m. Tuesday on Argyle Avenue, which is northeast of Kings Canyon Road and Clovis Avenue.

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Police on Wednesday accused 21-year-old Nicholas House of being the gunman who killed Diaz and Golding, who were dating, in the southeast Fresno neighborhood.

Diaz and another young woman were at the location to fight after an interaction online, police said.

When officers arrived, Diaz was deceased. Golding was pronounced dead after being take to Community Regional Medical Center, police said.

Officers soon after the incident made a traffic stop at Peach and Belmont avenues of a white Chevrolet Malibu that left the scene carrying a 16-year-old and House, according to police. The violence was across the street from a police substation.

House was in possession of a semi-automatic weapon, police said. The 16-year-old driver was released.

Video shared online shows multiple people at the scene with at least one person carrying a bat, police said, before the gunfire began.

Police said it was not immediately clear if any of the people involved lived in the area and why the location was chosen.

Noah Golding

Fresno police confirmed Golding was the brother of Isiah Murrietta-Golding, an unarmed 16-year-old who a Fresno police sergeant fatally shot in the back of the head as the boy fled in 2017.

The city agreed to pay $4.9 million in April 2021 to the teens’ mother, Christina Pauline Lopez of Madera, following a lawsuit.

She was accused in October of buying guns for Fresno gang members.

Anyone with information on the double homicide is asked to call police at 559-621-7000.

This story was originally published June 1, 2022 at 11:55 AM.

Thaddeus Miller

Merced Sun-Star

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Reporter Thaddeus Miller has covered cities in the central San Joaquin Valley since 2010, writing about everything from breaking news to government and police accountability. A native of Fresno, he joined The Fresno Bee in 2019 after time in Merced and Los Banos.