More students, adults arrested in connection to August shooting near McLane High School

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Five students and 2 adults person been arrested for their engagement successful a shooting adjacent McLane High School backmost connected August 21st.

Four of the teenagers are students astatine McLane and 1 is simply a pupil astatine Hoover High.

The shooting happened astir 3:40 p.m. extracurricular the AutoZone astatine Cedar and Clinton avenues-- astir 30 minutes aft schoolhouse got out.

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"We didn't find immoderate grounds that these guns were brought to schoolhouse and that's evidently an avenue that we wanted to investigate," Fresno County Sheriff's Office detective, Michael Sasso said.

Investigators accidental a ample radical of students were lasting extracurricular the concern erstwhile a combat broke out.

"A preliminary probe revealed a 15-year-old lad utilized a handgun to pistol whip a teen and a 16-year-old pupil pulled retired a handgun and fired shots arsenic radical were leaving the scene," Fresno County Sheriff, John Zanoni explained.

A adjacent motortruck and edifice were struck by the gunfire but nary 1 was hurt.

"We did find that this shooting successful it of itself was not gang-related," Zanoni said.

"There were individuals of pack relation progressive but this was alternatively a idiosyncratic dispute."

About 30 minutes aft the shooting, deputies arrested the 16-year-old gunman, who was recovered hiding successful a adjacent neighborhood.

"The adjacent time we identified a 15-year-old McCane High School pupil who had taken a weapon from 1 of the suspects for the intent of hiding it and helium hid it successful his residence," Zanoni stated.

"Detectives served a hunt warrant and arrested that teen but did not find the gun."

After aggregate hunt warrants, detectives recovered the 2 guns progressive successful the shooting and 4 further firearms.

Investigators arrested 3 much students successful the days and weeks pursuing the shooting arsenic good arsenic 43-year-old Jim Vue and 29-year-old Richie Vue.

Jim was arrested for being a felon is possession of firearms and Richie for possession of cocaine.

All students person been booked into juvenile hallway and are facing gun-related oregon accessory charges.

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