Thursday, March 19, 2026 12:28AM
FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) — A jury has found Malik Nichols guilty in a 2023 double shooting that killed 43-year-old Ibrahim Muhammad in Fresno.
Nichols was found guilty on six counts Wednesday afternoon, including murder, attempted murder and assault with Semi-automatic firearms.
He was accused of shooting Muhammad and a 57-year-old woman in southwest Fresno. Muhammad died, just 25 minutes after dropping his wife off at work. The female victim survived.
Prosecutors have called it a gang-related retaliation for a killing that happened months earlier and said there was a $10,000 bounty.
The jury will now deliberate on Monday for the gang enchancement and Special Circumstance allegation on the murder count.
Stay with ABC30 for the latest details on this developing story.
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