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FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - Fresno Police person identified and arrested 4 individuals progressive successful the Thanksgiving homicide of 22-year-old Anthony Calderon.
Calderon was killed successful a shooting extracurricular of an flat analyzable successful Fresno astatine 2 a.m. arsenic much than 50 shots rang done the residential area. At the clip of the crime, officials said determination was nary motive for the shooting and Calderon was not a criminal.
Due to the seemingly random quality of the crime, Interim Police Chief Mindy Cast said the transgression was hard to investigate.
"These individuals were chartless to 1 another," Casto said. "There was nary anterior dispute, thing similar that. They approached Mr. Calderon and his friends and opened fire.”
Still, officials were capable to identify and apprehension 4 suspects aft a lengthy investigation.
Officials identified 20-year-old Uniese Brown, 20-year-old Demarion Hackett and 19-year-old Christopher Stanley arsenic suspects. All 3 person been arrested, on with a 16-year-old unnamed suspect.
According to officials, the suspects person pack connections, and 2 much individuals stay astatine large.
“You tin either crook yourselves successful oregon you tin hold until we find you,” Fresno Police Lieutenant Paul Cervantes said. “I warrant you that we volition find you.”
Police are besides searching for aggregate firearms that were not recovered during the investigation.
Casto said Calderon's household has been enactment done tremendous accent passim the magnitude of the investigation. Anthony Calderon's parent Stephanie Tellez says she has mixed emotions astir the arrest.
"It's been a rollercoaster of emotions. We're highly bittersweet and we are each grieving," Tellez said. "I'm decidedly grateful that the Fresno Police Department honored their committedness to find who killed my son."
But Tellez says contempt the arrest, thing tin bring backmost her lad and thing tin warrant the random enactment of unit that took his life.
She sends this connection to the suspects inactive astatine large, "There's nary mode retired of this - justness is going to beryllium served."
