"Feels like a nightmare," Young girl mourns father killed in southwest Fresno shooting

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- "Feels similar a dream, oregon similar a nightmare, similar I privation him to telephone maine and archer maine he's conscionable joking," said the heartbroken girl of 38-year-old Perry Paul Espinosa.

Espinosa's household gathered extracurricular a Southwest Fresno Home Friday afternoon, remembering a antheral who meant truthful overmuch to truthful many.

Fresno Police accidental Espinosa was changeable astir 10 p.m. Thursday portion visiting household connected Samson Avenue and Martin Luther King Boulevard.

His wife, Cortazya McClendon, told Action News their household lives successful Texas, and Espinosa was visiting household successful Fresno to sermon plans to renovate his grandmother's home.

She flew to California overnight erstwhile she heard the tragic news.

"He was my everything," McClendon said.

McClendon asked that we not amusement her connected camera, but provided america with pictures of her family.

Espinosa tin beryllium seen lasting proudly with his woman and children.

He was a begetter of four, but his household called him a mentor to galore others.

Espinosa ran his ain trucking concern backmost successful Texas.

His oldest son, Paul Jr., present hopes to transportation his father's spot with him successful the future.

"He taught maine astir being a man, however to enactment hard, and conscionable don't discontinue and don't springiness up, and don't beryllium lazy. And supply for my family," the young antheral said.

More than 20 radical gathered extracurricular the location to enactment the 4 children present near without a father.

They spoke of him highly, arsenic a household antheral who dedicated his beingness to helping others.

"Probably made him bushed oregon whatever, helium inactive did what helium had to bash to supply and instrumentality attraction of his family. He was a loving man, a loving father, I cognize everybody miss him. We each miss him," said 1 of the victim's cousins.

As Fresno Police statesman their hunt for Espinosa's killer, his woman with this message:

"You robbed us. And you'll person your day, and I anticipation you get it soon."

This is Fresno's 2nd homicide successful the past week with nary arrests made successful either case.

Fresno Police are expected to supply an update aboriginal adjacent week.