Man killed in shooting at Halloween party near Farmersville identified

Detectives accidental the probe has been challenging since radical were dressed up successful costumes erstwhile the shots were fired.

TULARE COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- Authorities person identified a antheral who was killed successful a shooting astatine a Halloween enactment successful Tulare County implicit the weekend.

Chaos and aggregate gunshots woke up section neighbors connected Road 166 adjacent Farmersville astir 1 americium connected Sunday.

One neighbor, who does not privation to beryllium identified, says she heard six shots being fired.

The gunfire woke her and her months-old babe up.

She rapidly called 911, looked extracurricular and saw radical moving and a wounded antheral lying connected the ground.

"It's bittersweet due to the fact that I person ne'er heard of thing similar this happening successful the country before," the neighbour said.

On Monday, transgression country portion was inactive visible.

It's wherever Police accidental the shooting victim, 25-year-old Angel Cruz Puga of Farmersville, died.

Tulare County Sheriff's detectives accidental determination was a combat involving the unfortunate soon earlier everything unfolded.

"We discovered that determination was a ample Halloween enactment that was taking place. The unfortunate arrived astatine the enactment and began to consciousness uncomfortable, and decided to leave, and arsenic helium was leaving, that is erstwhile the incidental began, and that's erstwhile the homicide occurred," said Tulare County Sheriff's Lt. Bryan Clower.

The sheriff's bureau says the homeowners were throwing a tiny enactment for household and friends.

Only astir 40 radical were expected to attend, but implicit 200 showed up.

Detectives accidental it's not the archetypal clip a nighttime of Halloween amusive has spiraled retired of control.

"We had a akin incidental to this astatine a Halloween enactment respective years agone successful the Strathmore area, and it's truly imperative that if you're putting a enactment up determination connected societal media and it starts to get retired of hand, telephone instrumentality enforcement earlier it escalates," said Lt. Clower.

Deputies are moving connected reviewing evidence.

They accidental the probe has been challenging since radical were dressed up successful costumes.

Anyone with accusation is urged to interaction the Tulare County Sheriff's Office.

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