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Deputies Shoot Man in Fresno County

December 2, 2013, 4:21 pm
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An investigation is underway after a Fresno County deputy shot a man accused of trying to force two women into a vehicle.

It happened around 11:00 a.m. Monday near Nebraska and DeWolf. Deputies say a woman called 911 and reported an armed man on her property. The sheriff's department says deputies saw a man with a shotgun who was apparently trying to force two females into a vehicle.

Deputies say they ordered the man put down the weapon but he aimed it at the officers.

"We are conditioned to respond accordingly anytime someone points a gun at you," said Chris Curtice from the Fresno County Sheriff's Department.

The man was shot once in his torso and was taken to Community Regional Medical Center where he underwent surgery.

It's still unclear why the man was at the home or if he or the two women knew anyone living there
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Man shot by Fresno County Deputy following Kidnapping Attempt

December 2, 2013, 7:00 pm
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A man is shot by a Fresno County Sheriffs Deputy after he allegedly tried to force two women into a vehicle.
The officer involved shooting happened on Nebraska Avenue between Dewolf and Temperance.

The shooting happened in the backyard of a home on the 8400 block of Nebraska Avenue. One neighbor says he was on his way to work when it all went down.

Shawn Hargrove says, "As we were driving by I saw an officer with a rifle out so I knew then that something was wrong."

Deputies say a woman called 911 just before 11 a.m. and reported an armed man on her property.

Fresno Co. Sheriff Deputy Chris Curtice says, "They observed a Hispanic male subject armed with a shotgun who was apparently trying to force 2 females into a vehicle."

Deputies say they ordered the suspect to put his gun down. He allegedly let the two women go and then turned his shotgun toward deputies.  That's when an officer fired one round.

Curtice says, "We are conditioned to respond accordingly anytime someone points a gun at you."

The man was shot once in his torso and was taken to Community Regional Medical Center where he underwent surgery. It's still unclear why the suspect was at the home, or if he, or the two women knew anyone living there . Baldev Josan has lived in the area for 14 years.

Josan says, "I was worried because I know all the neighbors there and we stick together and know each other and I was worried if anybody got killed."

Part of Nebraska Avenue was closed off to traffic Monday while investigators tried to piece the puzzle together. Until then, the shooting and events that led up to it still remain a puzzling thought.

Hargrove says, "Nothing like this ever happens here but I guess it can happen anywhere."
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Court Appearance for Man Accused of Killing Stepson

December 2, 2013, 9:14 am
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A man accused of killing his teenage stepson made his first court appearance on Monday.

Miguel Pacheco is accused of killing 14 year old Dameian Gulley and leaving his body in the Sequoia National Forest.

The boy was last seen going to school on November 18th, but never made it to campus. His body was found by a park employee three days later.

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Gang Members Shoot at Fresno Police Officer

December 2, 2013, 11:36 pm
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Investigators say a group of gang members fired at an off-duty officer who was riding in his personal car.  It happened in southeast Fresno around 8:30 Monday evening at the intersection of cedar and butler.

Police say the officer was driving to the nearby southeast district substation to begin his shift when four people in a car pulled up next to him at a traffic light and began staring him down.  They reportedly shouted out, “What gang do you belong to?”
The officer ignored them, but then the suspects allegedly pulled out a gun and fired multiple rounds at his car.  The officer had his gun on him and returned fire through the back window of his car.  He then drove to the substation and alerted his fellow officers who set out looking for the suspects.

Police Chief Jerry Dyer says the community is lucky to not have a dead police officer.  Dyer says his training and quick reaction time is what saved his life.

“That officer did an incredible job tonight.  When you consider the fact that there were multiple suspects in that vehicle.  They were behind him, he was fired upon and made decision to return fire and struck three suspects.  I tell you what, he’s a hero,” said Fresno Police Chief Jerry Dyer.

The veteran officer managed to hit three of the suspects.  Two of the men were later dropped off at the hospital and a third man was found with a gunshot wound at a gas station in the city of Fowler.  He too was taken to the hospital.  All are believed to be bulldog gang members.

Police have detained a fourth person.  A woman whom they believe was also in the car.  They need a little more information before they can formally charge her.

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Man Arrested for Hammer Attack

December 3, 2013, 10:25 am
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Fresno police arrested a man for allegedly hitting several people with a hammer.

Investigators say 23-year old Dawte Parker jumped out of his car in the parking lot of a fast food restaurant and hit three random people with a hammer. He then reportedly drove down the street and rammed his car into a woman who was walking by.

Officers were able to trace the car back to the suspect's house where police say he sped away and crashed into a UPS truck and an SUV.

Parker faces several charges including assault with a deadly weapon. None of the victims was seriously injured.
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Man Sentenced for Fusion Party Shooting

December 3, 2013, 10:27 am
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In Madera County a man was sentenced for a fatal shooting at a gathering known as a Fusion Party.

Jose perez was sentenced to 15 years in prison for the incident that happened back on March 30th in Chowchilla. One person was killed and two others were wounded.

A co-defendant was sentenced last month.
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Christmas Tree Lane Begins 91st Year

December 3, 2013, 10:33 am
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A very popular Christmas tradition continues Tuesday night in Fresno as Christmas Tree Lane returns for its 91st year.

More than 100 homes along Van Ness Boulevard are decked out with lights and decorations. The non-profit project is supported by donations.

Tuesday night, the lane will be open from 6:00 p.m. until 10:00 p.m. to walkers only. In addition to the sights, there will also be several musicians to create a festive atmosphere.

More than 100,000 people visit Christmas Tree Lane each year.
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City Hall Tree Lighting

December 3, 2013, 10:38 am
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On Tuesday night, Fresno mayor Ashley Swearengin will flip the switch on the City Hall Christmas tree.

Council members and other officials will also attend the ceremony. It takes place starting at 5:00 p.m.

Volunteers pitched in to put lights and ornaments on the Christmas Tree in front of City Hall.
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Bulldogs Fans Hoping for a Sellout

December 3, 2013, 10:54 am
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The Fresno State Bulldogs will face Utah State on Saturday in the Mountain West Conference Championship.

Fans are clearly excited about Saturday night's game and tickets are going fast. There will be a huge audience both at the stadium and on national TV.

"The first ever Mountian West Championship game, national television, the captains met today and decided to go black, so black everything coming down the ramp at 7pm saturday," said associate athletics director Paul Ladwig.

The Bulldogs and their fans have overcome black Friday when the Dog's fell to San Jose State and they've decided to wear those smart black uniforms for the huge game Saturday night.

"I'm thinking its gonna be pretty close to a sellout, if not a sellout. Still got a pretty good team and a good chance to win the Mountain West Championship," said fan Louie Ruiz.

By midday Monday the stadium was more than half sold out.

Sellout? I'm hoping it will, I think chances are good. I know it's on national TV and it's gonna be cold, but I hope everybody comes out to support the Dogs because they deserve it," said fan Ron Boloise.

Said another fan, Jeanne Faleck, "it's more fun being at a game in person and it's gonna be a little chilly so it's gonna be like a real fall football game. And we don't get that experience very often and I'm from the Midwest and I love having that."
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Visalia Christmas Parade a Hit for All

December 3, 2013, 11:34 am
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Cold weather didn't stop folks in the south valley from a decades-old tradition on Monday night.

The 68th annual Candy Cane Lane parade made its way down Main Street in Visalia.

Folks were bundled-up against the cold but it was no problem for one visitor from Seattle who's used to the gloomy weather.

Parade organizers say the parade went well and everyone we spoke to had a great time
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Gas Prices Going Down

December 3, 2013, 11:36 am
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Gas prices have been holding relatively steady for the past couple of weeks which has been good news for all the holiday drivers.

Right now drivers in the Fresno area are paying an average of $3.44 a gallon for regular unleaded. The state average is $3.57.

The national average stands right now at $3.26.
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Press Conference on Fresno Officer Involved Shooting

December 3, 2013, 11:47 am
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We have new information about an officer involved shooting Monday night.

Fresno police say a group of gang members fired at an off-duty officer who returned fire, hitting two of the suspects. It was originally believed that three suspects were wounded.

The shooting happened around 8:20 p.m. Monday night at Cedar and Butler just down the street from the police substation in southeast Fresno. The veteran officer managed to hit two of the suspects who were later dropped off at the hospital.

All of the suspects are believed to be Bulldog gang members.

Fresno Police Chief Jerry Dyer held a press conference early Tuesday afternoon about the incident which you can view in the above video.
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Visalia Wants to Change Panhandling Ordinance

December 3, 2013, 12:02 pm
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The Visalia City Council will consider changing it's panhandling ordinance.

The city wants to prohibit panhandling, better known as people begging for food or money, in public and retail parking lots during daytime hours. Currently, approaching people directly in lots to ask for money or donations isn't allowed after dark.

The city staff says they've received complaints about panhandling during the day.
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Ask the Doctor: Working Off Those Holiday Dinners

December 3, 2013, 12:56 pm
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Thanksgiving marked the beginning of the holiday season and that means a lot of us are probably eating more and working out less.

And there's a new study out on the physical activity after binge eating. Doctor Giatri Dave joined us in the CBS 47 studios to talk about it, mainly:

1) How much do we overeat during Thanksgiving?

2) What is the "sweat equivalent" to work off a typical American Thanksgiving?

3) Will this exercise really help after overeating?

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Warming Centers Open in Fresno

December 3, 2013, 1:47 pm
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Two warming centers will be open in Fresno during the upcoming cold spell: 

Frank H. Ball Neighborhood Center
8:00 P.M. To 7:00 A.M. Until further notice
760 Mayor Avenue, Fresno
559-621-CITY
*city buses will provide free transportation to and from the center on the route 34 bus.

Fresno Rescue Mission
310 G Street, Fresno

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Fire in Merced Kills Man, Two Children

December 3, 2013, 2:37 pm
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A man and two children are dead after an apartment fire broke out in Merced on Tuesday morning.

The blaze broke out around 12:35 at a complex on 10th Street. The cause is till unknown.

The victims have been identified as 5 year old Jesus Perez and 5 year old Geraldine Figueroa Bautista as well as 31 year old Ignacio Figueroa Bautista.

We will bring you more on this developing story as soon as the information becomes available.
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Madera Police Search for Suspected Bank Robber

December 3, 2013, 3:58 pm
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Madera police are searching for a man they say robbed a Madera bank late Monday afternoon.

They say the suspect walked into the Wells Fargo Bank at 1141 Country Club Drive just before 6:00 p.m. armed with a shot gun. Witnesses describe the man as being between 5'11" and 6'2" and weighing approximately 180 pounds. They say he was wearing a grey pull over hooded sweatshirt, a red baseball cap, white gloves, blue jeans and his face was concealed with red fabrick.

If you have any information on the case, please contact the Madera Police Department at (559) 675-4220.
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Man Leads Fresno Sheriff's on High Speed Chase

December 3, 2013, 4:29 pm
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A man was arrested after leading sheriff's deputies on a high speed chase through central Fresno on Tuesday.

Arrested was 53 year old Larry Burgin. Officials say deputies attempted to make a traffic stop involving Burgin around 4:30 a.m. at Blackstone and Bullard but he failed to stop and fled from the scene.

The pursuit apparently took place for several minutes with Burgin driving erratically at speeds up to 70 miles per hour. Burgin eventually abandoned his pickup in the area of Hoover High School and ran away on foot. He was later discovered hiding in the bushes of a residence nearby and was taken into custody without incident.

During an investigation, deputies discovered marijuana packaged for sale and evidence of identity theft inside the abandoned truck.

Burgin was arrested on charges of felony evading, felony narcotics possession, and identity theft.
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Gang Members Shoot at Off-duty Officer

December 3, 2013, 5:25 pm
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Two Fresno men are facing attempted murder charges after shooting at an off-duty officer Monday night, said Fresno Police Chief Jerry Dyer.

During a press conference at Fresno Police Headquarters Tuesday, Dyer identified Mario Rangel, 22, and Ricky Burciaga, 23, as the two men involved. Dyer said both are documented Bulldog gang members.

Monday after 8 p.m., the officer was driving to work down Cedar Ave. when he noticed two men following him. The passenger, Burciaga, began throwing up gang signs and shouted at the officer, asking what gang he was a part of, Dyer said.

When they pulled up to the traffic light at the intersection of Cedar and Butler Avenues, the officer was in the left lane, and the suspects were behind the officer in the lane to the right of him, at a diagonal.

The officer felt threatened and reached into his duty bag that was on the passenger seat and held onto his gun.

That's when Burciaga opened fire, and the officer returned fire, Dyer said.

"That vehicle [the officer's vehicle] was struck five times on the passenger side. Two of those rounds struck just below the handle of the door. A couple of inches higher, there's no doubt that those rounds would've struck our officer and perhaps killed him," Dyer said.

The officer had been on the phone with his wife and had given her the suspects' license plate number while they followed him.
    
"The officer's wife was on the phone the entire time with him and heard this entire incident from the people yelling at her husband, to the exchange of gunfire that occurred," Dyer said.

One woman, who lives nearby the site of the shooting, said she heard about seven or eight rounds.

"I just dropped to the floor because they were so close to me that I just dropped to the floor. And I just grabbed the-- I have a baby. So I just grabbed him and dropped to the floor," said the woman, who did not want to be identified for safety reasons. She said many of the people who live around her are gang members.

The two men were struck by the officer's gunfire.

After the attack, witnesses told police that they saw the driver, Rangel, get out of the vehicle and fire at the officer's car as he drove through the intersection, Dyer said. The officer drove to the substation that was only one block south from the shooting site.

Burciaga was later driven to the hospital by other men. Rangel was taken after his aunt called for help for her nephew because he was having "stomach problems." When emergency personnel examined him, a bullet fell from his clothes. Police were later able to connect him to the shooting, Dyer said.

Police are looking for a silver 1997 Honda Civic with license plates 6JMH848 that they believe was involved in the shooting.

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Shots Fired at Madera Deputy

December 4, 2013, 12:04 am
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Two Madera men are behind bars, accused of firing forty rounds at a Madera Sheriff's deputy.

This is the third officer involved shooting in the valley in 24 hours.

The shooting happened around four Tuesday morning.

The deputy was trying to stop a truck near Fairmead Boulevard and Avenue 22.

The suspects sped off and shot at the deputy.

"And on four different occasions through the probably two or three mile chase they fired on four different occasions," Madera Sheriff John Anderson said of the suspects.

Anderson says the shots were fired from the back window of the truck. Some of the gunfire ricocheted off a cover on the bed of the pickup. Investigators believe at least forty rounds were fired.

"The interior of the truck was just littered with shell casings, of two different calibers that I could see just glancing in there," Anderson said.

The truck turned into an orchard and crashed into a tree. The two men inside ran off.

The deputy wasn't injured.

Within hours, detectives tracked the suspects, 24-year-old Abel Ramos and 27-year-old Mario Valdez to the Days Inn on Highway 99 and Avenue 16. Both men have extensive criminal histories.

The violent encounter follows two officer involved shootings Monday. One in Selma left a suspect wounded after he pointed a shotgun at a Fresno Sheriff's deputy.

And Monday night, known gang members fired at the personal car of an off-duty Fresno police officer, mistaking him for another gang member. The officer returned fire injuring two of the suspects.

"That vehicle was struck five times on the passenger side. Two of those rounds struck just below the handle of the door. A couple of inches higher, there's no doubt that those rounds would've struck our officer and perhaps killed him," said Fresno Police Chief Jerry Dyer.
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