Witnesses take the stand in day two of trial for Daniel Gonzalez

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Daniel Gonzalez showed nary emotion successful tribunal Wednesday arsenic 4 existent and erstwhile Fresno Police detectives took the witnesser stand.

He's accused of sidesplitting 24-year-old Frank Rojas with a makeshift zip weapon extracurricular his Southwest Fresno location successful February 2020.

Investigators accidental Gonzalez mistook the unfortunate for a pack subordinate due to the fact that of the colors of the 49ers emblem that was extracurricular of his home.

Fresno constabulary added Gonzalez was unhoused astatine the time--living successful an encampment disconnected of Highway 99--just blocks distant from the shooting.

In tribunal Wednesday, FPD Detective Michelle Vanzant recalled she was dispatched to a shooting and advised to hunt for the fishy astatine a stateless encampment astir 5 blocks from the transgression scene.

"We were looking for a Hispanic male, astir 30 years of age, wearing shorts and a bluish shot headdress and riding a bike," FPD Detective Michelle Vanzant said. "The antheral was besides described to person tattoos connected his face; 1 specifically with 3 dots nether 1 of his eyes."

Vanzant says she saw a antheral that matched the statement astatine the encampment and detained him.

"Do you spot that idiosyncratic successful tribunal today?" Fresno County Deputy District Attorney, Liz Owen asked Vanzant.

"I do," Vanzant replied.

"Can you delight constituent to him and picture what he's wearing?" Owen asked Vanzant.

"Right there," Vanzant pointed to Gonzalez successful court. "He is wearing a achromatic fastener up shirt."

"Identifying the suspect Mr. Daniel Gonzalez," Fresno County Superior Judge Alvin Harrell III said.

Former Fresno constabulary detective, Ger Vang, testified helium searched the encampment wherever Vanzant detained Gonzalez.

"There was besides a achromatic bicycle successful this area," Vang explained. "I besides recovered what looked similar a makeshift oregon improvised firearm adjacent to this plywood that was wrong this camp."

A makeshift zip weapon was shown to the assemblage successful tribunal Wednesday.

"This is the aforesaid improvised firearm that was retrieved connected that nighttime that was collected," Vang said arsenic helium viewed the makeshift zip weapon successful court.

Gonzalez's defence pushed backmost connected grounds collected similar that firearm-noting the officers connected country did not alteration gloves erstwhile going done the encampment and could person manipulated oregon contaminated the evidence.

Gonzalez is facing aggregate charges including execution with a weapon enhancement and possession of a firearm by a felon.

If convicted connected each charges, helium faces 75 years to beingness down bars.

For quality and upwind updates, travel Tiffany Olin connected Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.