Gunfire and illegal fireworks erupt across Fresno County on New Year's Eve

Despite warnings from instrumentality enforcement, immoderate residents rang successful the caller twelvemonth by mounting disconnected amerciable fireworks and firing gunshots.

FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- Even earlier the timepiece struck midnight successful Fresno, a premix of fireworks and gunshots could beryllium heard oregon seen crossed the city.

Our ABC30 Downtown Fresno skycam capturing the agleam flashes overnight.

Fresno constabulary accidental determination were 71 ShotSpotter activations from 6 p.m. connected New Year's Eve until 4 americium New Year's Day.

The section says determination were reports of 2 homes struck by bullets.

No 1 was injured, and determination were nary arrests oregon citations.

Meanwhile, Clovis constabulary accidental determination were 3 ShotSpotter activations.

One was an accidental shooting conscionable earlier 8 p.m. connected Osmun Circle adjacent Clovis and Sierra Avenues.

"We recovered that determination were 2 big males, some friends, that were consuming intoxicant and hanging out. One of them produced his legally registered and owned firearm and accidentally changeable the different adult, his friend, successful the abdomen," Clovis Cpl. Sean O'Brien explained.

The unfortunate was taken to the infirmary with non-life threatening injuries.

He has since been released and is expected to beryllium okay.

No arrests person been made.

Police are urging those astir guns to usage other caution to debar a concern similar this.

"We promote radical that are handling firearms, dainty each firearm arsenic if they're loaded. Secure firearms that are not being utilized and astatine nary clip grip firearms portion nether the power of intoxicant oregon drugs," O'Brien said.

Both departments had other officers retired past nighttime to support the assemblage safe.

Clovis constabulary says they arrested 3 radical for driving nether the power and proceed to promote drivers to program up with a designated operator and usage rideshare apps.

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