79-year-old ID’d as victim in deadly stabbing in Fresno. His son was arrested

A 79-year-old man was stabbed to death over the weekend and his son has been arrested on suspicion of murder, the Fresno County Sheriff’s Office said in an update Monday morning.

Deputies responded to a report of a stabbing at a home near Shaw and Grantland avenues late Saturday just before midnight. Deputies and firefighters found the man, and performed CPR, before he ultimately died. At the same time, a suspect was contacted and immediately taken into custody, the sheriff’s office said.

On Monday, the sheriff’s office identified the victim as Freeman Hunter Jr. and the suspect as his son, 21-year-old Freeman Hunter III.

The younger Hunter was booked into Fresno County Jail, with bail set at $1 million.

A motive for the killing has yet to be established, and the investigation is ongoing.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Sheriff’s Office at 559-600-8221 with case reference #26-6646. Anonymous tips can be made through Valley Crime Stoppers online or at 559-498-7867.