Update: Suspect shot by Fresno County deputies had no connection to Yokuts Valley
A deputy with the Fresno County Sheriff’s Office shot a man Saturday afternoon in Yokuts Valley.
Sheriff John Zanoni in an update at the scene said the incident occurred at 2:30 p.m. in the 36000 Mistletoe Road. He said a woman was fearing for her safety and had a shovel because a man was on her property and acting erratically.
The man was identified Monday as Kaden Fearbordonaro, 21, by the sheriff’s office, which also described him as transient with no connection to Yokuts Valley.
A deputy arrived and gave Fearbordonaro of Northern California commands, but he failed to listen and put his hands in his sweatshirt and charged straight at the deputy, Zanoni said. The deputy attempted to retreat before firing off several shots, striking the suspect in the leg and the upper body. While the deputy gave aid to the suspect, he told him he had a gun, but no gun was found, Zanoni said.
The suspect was airlifted to Community Regional Medical Center and was listed in stable condition. Zanoni said the suspect was being uncooperative with the medical staff.
Fearbordonaro was expected to survive and remained hospitalized on Monday, the sheriff’s office said.
The woman never used the shovel. The woman and suspect have no connection, Zanoni said.
“He appears to be a transient who’s come to the area and happened to contact the residents several homes down here in the 36000 block of Mistletoe Road,” Zanoni said Saturday. “We’re just trying to figure out how he got here and exactly what was going on and what he was trying to accomplish here today by contacting the residents.”
He was held on suspicion of attempting to remove an officer’s firearm and deterring an officer by threat or violence, the sheriff’s office said in an update.
His bail was set at $40,000, according to Fresno County Jail records.
The deputy was not injured.
This story was originally published June 24, 2023 at 6:41 PM.
