Officer testifies about third man prosecutors say Andrew Hammond killed

FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- A Fresno assemblage heard grounds astir Andrew Hammond's past enactment connected Tuesday.

Clovis Police Officer Amandeep Singh elaborate his probe of a deadly shooting.

"From my understanding, I was advised that idiosyncratic was changeable wrong the residence, and that's wherefore maine and Sergeant Ruiz went," the serviceman said.

The shooting took the beingness of Brandon Munoz, who was wrong a location connected North Anna Street adjacent Gettysburg Avenue.

Police were doing a payment cheque successful November 2022 erstwhile they recovered Munoz lying connected the crushed with a gunshot wound.

Investigators soon said they had their antheral - Andrew Hammond - due to the fact that of a statement fixed by a witness.

"She provided maine with a past sanction and a wide appearance," Officer Singh said.

The authoritative pushed Officer Singh further, wanting the assemblage to perceive that a witnesser identified Hammond.

"And the past sanction she gave?" the authoritative asked. "Hammond," the serviceman said.

But arsenic Officer Singh answered, the defence lawyer pushed back, saying it was hearsay. He asked the justice to onslaught it from the record. Judge Jonathan Conklin agreed.

"I sustained the objection, and the reply is stricken," Judge Conklin told the jury. "The question whitethorn beryllium rephrased."

Tuesday's back-and-forth comes arsenic a Fresno assemblage continues to perceive grounds successful the lengthy Andrew Hammond trial.

The 28-year-old is accused of 3 murders successful 3 abstracted shootings that killed Fernando Gonzalez, Steven Rice, and Brandon Munoz.

Prosecutors person been going done each, making their lawsuit 1 by one. Munoz was the past of the 3 men investigators accidental Hammond killed betwixt 2020 and 2022.

More witnesses to the 3rd shooting volition instrumentality the basal and attest connected Wednesday.

Prosecutors and the defence look to beryllium connected way to manus the lawsuit to the assemblage adjacent week.

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