Suspect faces murder charges after man shot and killed in Visalia alleyway

A antheral faces charges successful the metropolis of Visalia's archetypal homicide of the year.

VISALIA, Calif. (KFSN) -- An probe is underway arsenic to what led to a deadly shooting successful Visalia this past weekend.

26-year-old Jose Ocampos of Orange Cove is down bars and is being charged with homicide.

Visalia constabulary accidental they judge helium changeable and killed 54-year-old Adolfo Martinez successful an alleyway adjacent Court and Main Street conscionable earlier 2 americium connected Sunday.

"At this clip they did find the unfortunate and the fishy were progressive successful an altercation earlier successful the evening, but the motive is chartless astatine this time," said Liz Jones with the Visalia Police Department.

Officers were called retired to the country and recovered Martinez suffering from a gunshot wound.

He was taken to a section hospital, wherever helium aboriginal died.

Visalia Police arrested Ocampos successful Orange Cove connected Wednesday and helium was successful tribunal connected Friday.

The Tulare County District Attorney's Office filed a felony complaint.

Ocampos faces execution charges and possession of a firearm.

If convicted, helium faces beingness successful prison.

"He's looking at, if it's first-degree murder, 25 years to life. If it's second-degree execution 15 years to life," said Action News ineligible expert Tony Capozzi.

"The suspect mightiness allege. It was self-defense. That would beryllium precise hard successful this case, due to the fact that it's evident that aft the shots were fired the suspect absconded, and ran off."

Capozzi says it could beryllium months oregon longer earlier imaginable sentencing.

"What's hard successful these types of cases, particularly for the prosecution, the longer it goes, the amended it is for the defense," Capozzi explained.

Witnesses' memories fade, grounds whitethorn beryllium dissipated oregon lost, it ever helps the defense."

Visalia Police Department's Special Enforcement Unit besides arrested 38-year-old Roman Garcia successful Cutler.

Garcia was taken into custody connected charges of accessory aft the fact.

The DA's bureau said aft reviewing grounds and reports submitted by instrumentality enforcement, prosecutors are declining to record transgression charges for Garcia's alleged engagement successful the crime.

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