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FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - A caller probe portion called "ViCAT" oregon The Violent Criminal Apprehension Team astatine the Fresno County Sheriff's Office has led to the apprehension of respective radical progressive successful a assortment of acold cases, immoderate astir 10 years old.
The astir caller apprehension progressive a 2016 shooting that near 2 men dormant and happened conscionable extracurricular of the City of Reedley.
At the time, determination were precise fewer leads to spell on, and arsenic the years passed, the lawsuit became harder to solve.
"What happened backmost successful 2016 and January," said Tony Botti, "Is idiosyncratic noticed a suspicious car. The headlights and the motor were moving and determination were 2 men wrong that weren't moving."
At the time, detectives had small to spell on.
The lawsuit would stay acold for the pursuing 9 years -however, each that precocious changed.
"So detectives person been moving that for a agelong time, it took a sizeable magnitude of investigating connected their portion to make a mates of names that they yet confirmed are liable for this," said Botti.
Sheriff's Office PIO, Tony Botti says 2 men person been arrested and volition beryllium charged with murder; 27-year-old Johnathan Ramos and 26-year-old Eric Garcia.
"It's ever a satisfying feeling erstwhile you tin adjacent immoderate lawsuit fto unsocial a homicide," said Botti.
He says they've made important advancement successful 2 different acold cases arsenic well, some from January 2020.
"One astatine the Encino Motel successful Huron wherever a antheral was changeable and killed there," said Botti. "Cesar Velasquez, we believe, is liable for shooting and sidesplitting a antheral there."
The different homicide happened successful Five Points. It near 1 teen injured and the different dead.
"We judge that it's Alan Cardoza of Hanford who fired shots astatine different vehicle," said Botti.
Botti says the caller arrests are acknowledgment to a caller portion with the sheriff's bureau called ViCAT.
"About a twelvemonth ago, Sheriff Zanoni came up with this thought to enactment successful our "Violent Criminal Apprehension Team. They're known arsenic ViCAT."
He says the ViCAT portion plans to proceed moving connected much acold cases successful the future.
