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Adam Delacruz is accused of the shooting decease of a 64-year-old antheral who was recovered dormant successful a southwest Fresno neighborhood.
Tuesday, April 15, 2025 11:18PM
A petition for a caller lawyer was denied arsenic a Fresno antheral appeared earlier a justice for a execution complaint connected Tuesday.
FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- A petition for a caller lawyer was denied arsenic a Fresno antheral appeared earlier a justice for a execution complaint connected Tuesday.
28-year-old Adam Delacruz is accused of the shooting decease of a 64-year-old Abraham Tiggs successful a southwest Fresno neighborhood.
Nearly a period aft Tiggs was recovered changeable to death, Delacruz stood earlier a judge, accused of taking his life.
Action News was not allowed to amusement Delacruz's look arsenic helium entered a not blameworthy plea.
Tiggs was recovered dormant adjacent a convenience store connected Tulare and B streets astir 7 a.m. connected Sunday, March 16.
Detectives said Tiggs was unhoused.
"It's important to recognize these cases bring challenges successful and of themselves," said Fresno Police Lt. Paul Cervantes.
"Individuals that are from this community, it's often hard for america to marque interaction with persons that witnessed this event."
Investigators judge Tiggs was changeable successful the chest, saying surveillance video shows him being attacked astatine astir 11:30 p.m. the erstwhile night.
During the archetypal investigation, Action News spoke with an worker of a adjacent concern who was the archetypal to find Tiggs.
''I knew the guy, seen him walking astir before, it was truly sad. That was the archetypal clip (I experienced) idiosyncratic dormant lying connected the ground," said the employee, who wanted to enactment anonymous.
It would instrumentality a week and a fractional for Delacruz to beryllium arrested aft detectives served a hunt warrant astatine a location adjacent the country connected Tulare and B Street.
During that search, investigators accidental they recovered a weapon believed to person been utilized successful the deadly shooting.
Delacruz is owed backmost successful tribunal connected June 24th.
He is being held connected a bail of much than $1.5 million.
If convicted connected each charges, helium could beryllium sentenced to 50 years to beingness successful prison.
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