Shooting suspect who befriended his victim arrested in Fresno, police say

FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – A shooting fishy who constabulary accidental became friends with his unfortunate was arrested connected Thursday aft shooting astatine the victim's home, according to police.

The Fresno Police Department reported that connected Sunday soon aft 1:30 a.m. officers responded to a shooting astatine the intersection of Gettysburg Avenue and First Street, on with a four-round ShotSpotter activation.

Officials accidental that officers recovered grounds of the shooting, including 3 slug holes successful the extracurricular partition of an apartment. During the investigation, officers accidental the unfortunate told officers that the time before, astir 1:00 p.m., an chartless idiosyncratic came to the residence and befriended the victim.  

At the extremity of the encounter, constabulary accidental the unfortunate and the fishy argued. The fishy warned the unfortunate to beryllium cautious due to the fact that helium intended to instrumentality to his location later. The unfortunate reported that astatine astir 1:30 a.m., the aforesaid idiosyncratic returned, banging connected the victim's doorway and demanding that the unfortunate travel outside. 

The unfortunate walked to the beforehand doorway and told the fishy to leave.  As the unfortunate was walking backmost to his room, constabulary accidental helium heard 3 large bangs, which helium believed to beryllium gunshots.

Police accidental connected Tuesday detectives accidental they were capable to place the fishy successful the shooting arsenic Steven Flores Estrada. 

On Thursday detectives were capable to way Estrada, who was wanted and believed to beryllium equipped and dangerous, Police responded to a location adjacent Madison and Maple avenues.  

Police accidental they surrounded the location and called retired Estrada. While officers made announcements astatine the residence, Estrada emerged from a detached garage, fled toward the rear alley, and attempted to defy arrest.

Detectives accidental Estrada was subsequently located astatine different residence and was apprehended by officers and a constabulary canine.

Estrada was arrested, and officers reported uncovering a achromatic Glock 34 9mm handgun. He was taken to the Fresno County Jail connected suspicion of charges related to the incident.