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FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - Fresno Police is investigating 2 homicides that took spot implicit the weekend, taking the lives of 2 young men.
Now, the Fresno Police Department is asking the nationalist to travel guardant with immoderate accusation that volition pb to 2 abstracted arrests.
“We are presently looking for video and are really looking for witnesses that whitethorn person further accusation astatine this case, but arsenic you tin imagine, astatine that clip of the morning, we're having immoderate trouble with this case,” said Fresno Lt. Paul Cervantes.
Saturday astir 1 a.m., the Southwest Policing District responded to a six-round changeable spotter alert, successful the country of Santa Clara and B Street.
A witnesser told constabulary that Christopher Worthy, 21, was lying successful beforehand of an flat analyzable with gunshot wounds. Worthy was unresponsive.
“Despite lifesaving measures and the information that helium was transported to CMRC, Mr. Worthy was pronounced deceased astatine astir 30 minutes aft the archetypal telephone for service,” Lt. Cervantes shared.
Police learned that determination was an argument before the shooting.
“Mr. Worthy does person a transgression history, helium is simply a subordinate of a validated transgression thoroughfare gang,” added Cervantes.
The 2nd homicide occurred Sunday aft midnight adjacent Martin Ray Reilly Park. There, constabulary recovered 23-year-old Jared Rogers who was bloody and had a breached arm.
“Sustained aggregate stab wounds to his precocious torso area,” explained Cervantes.
Rogers died from his injuries.
The homicide portion recovered a witness who described the fishy arsenic a Hispanic antheral successful his 30s.
“Approximately 5'3 to 5'4, a bladed physique wearing a shiny bluish shirt, jeans, and glasses,” said Cervantes.
Cervantes said Rogers was connected probation for battle with a deadly limb and is presently unhoused.
“Those cases are ever challenging for the information that these individuals, they're conscionable disenfranchised from our community, sometimes encountering oregon locating witnesses marque it precise hard for us,” Cervantes added.
Year to date, determination person been 20 murders successful the City of Fresno. Last twelvemonth astatine this aforesaid clip determination were 21.
Fresno Police has besides seen a 42% alteration successful shootings overall.
