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FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - Two adults and 5 precocious schoolhouse students person been arrested successful transportation with a shooting that took spot crossed the roadworthy from McLane High School successful August, according to the Fresno County Sheriff's Office.
According to the Sheriff's Office, detectives arrested 5 precocious schoolhouse students and 2 adults successful a shooting probe that began precocious past month.
On Aug. 21 astatine 3:40 p.m. dispatchers received a telephone of shots fired successful the parking batch of an Auto Zone store astatine Clinton and Cedar successful Fresno. Deputies accidental they arrived and recovered determination to beryllium nary gunshot victims. According to deputies, they learned determination was a disturbance betwixt a ample radical of students who attended McLane High School.
The preliminary probe revealed a 15 twelvemonth aged lad utilized a handgun to pistol whip a teen and a 16 twelvemonth aged pupil pulled retired a handgun and fired shots arsenic radical were leaving the scene. Deputies accidental immoderate of the bullets did onslaught a conveyance and a adjacent edifice but nary 1 was earnestly injured.
Deputies accidental that 4 of the boys are students astatine Mclane High School and 1 lad is simply a pupil astatine Hoover High School. Witnesses helped deputies by providing descriptions and videos that were recorded connected the scene. The adjacent day, three students were arrested successful transportation to the shooting.
Deputies accidental connected Sept. 10, detectives served hunt warrants astatine 2 homes successful Fresno. At 1 location recovered 2 shotguns and 2 handguns which were not utilized successful the shooting. Officials accidental they arrested 43-year-old Jim Vue connected suspicion of being a felon successful possession of firearms and ammunition; they besides arrested 29-year-old Richie Vue connected suspicion of possession of cocaine.
At the different home, deputies accidental they recovered 2 handguns and grounds showed those handguns were a lucifer to those utilized successful the shooting. Detectives aboriginal contacted and arrested a 15 twelvemonth aged who was liable for hiding the handguns.
According to the Fresno County Sheriff's Office, a 14-year-old who was a person of the suspects was arrested connected Monday. He was besides identified successful societal media photos holding firearms - considered illegally possessing them, according to deputies.
All the students were booked into juvenile hallway and each is facing gun-related charges and immoderate volition beryllium facing accessory charges.
The 2 big suspects, 43-year-old Jim Vue and 29-year-old Richard Vue, were the lone 2 suspects officially identified. The individuality of the students progressive was not officially released.
