Man shot and killed in Tulare County identified

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Authorities identified 62-year-old Eddie Garcia of Alpaugh arsenic the antheral changeable and killed successful Tulare County Thursday night.

The Tulare County Sheriff's Office says it got a telephone astir 7:30 p.m. reporting a shooting.

When deputies arrived connected scene, they recovered Garcia with gunshot wounds. Despite their rescue efforts, officials said Garcia died connected the scene.

Witnesses accidental the shooting happened astatine Alpaugh County Park successful beforehand of families, and portion children were conscionable feet away

"I was astatine my friend's house, and we were sitting outside. And each were perceive is boom! Big aged gunshot," said Diane Munoz, who lives crossed the thoroughfare from the park.

Munoz says idiosyncratic wrong of a achromatic car changeable a antheral past drove disconnected towards Corcoran.

"They conscionable jumped retired and changeable him. Just similar that. Cold turkey. Everybody implicit present was watching," she said. "It could person been my nephew; it could person been my man. You know, you ne'er that that would happen. Because it's ne'er happened earlier similar this."

That aforesaid parkland was desolate Friday - arsenic the assemblage is near feeling terrorized aft the shooting happened successful beforehand of respective children.

One parent wanting to stay anonymous, says her 7-year-old girl was determination and came moving location screaming.

She says the kid was crying and asking what happened aft proceeding the gunfire.

The parent says she told her girl she didn't cognize what happened but prayed for their safety.

Others successful the vicinity accidental they're praying, too, arsenic there's nary connection yet connected immoderate arrests.

"That feline didn't person nary fear. He didn't care. He didn't attraction if that idiosyncratic - if helium changeable a kid. That's crazy... I anticipation they drawback him," said Munoz.

The Tulare County Sheriff's Office says nary arrests person been made truthful far, and the probe remains ongoing.