{"id":202833,"date":"2026-03-03T22:16:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T22:16:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/202833\/"},"modified":"2026-03-03T22:16:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T22:16:12","slug":"fresno-police-arrest-suspect-who-allegedly-shot-at-victims-during-vehicle-pursuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/202833\/","title":{"rendered":"Fresno Police Arrest Suspect Who Allegedly Shot at Victims During Vehicle Pursuit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A 29-year-old man was arrested Monday after allegedly shooting at two people following a physical altercation at a business, police said.<\/p>\n<p>Rudy Aaron Molano was taken into custody at a residence near Church and Holloway avenues, the Fresno Police Department said.<\/p>\n<p>The incident began Sunday when Central Policing District officers responded to a shots fired report at First Street and Clinton Avenue. Two victims told officers they were at a business near North First Street and East Belmont Avenue when Molano exited the establishment, made eye contact with one of them and punched the victim.<\/p>\n<p><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/gvwire.com\/contact\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"GVWire-Ad-Get-our-mobile-app-1280\u00d790-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GVWire-Ad-Get-our-mobile-app-1280x90-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"   width=\"1280\" height=\"90\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>When the victim attempted to defend himself, Molano returned to his vehicle, displayed a handgun and drove away, according to police.<\/p>\n<p>The victims later noticed Molano\u2019s vehicle following them near First and Tulare streets. As they attempted to avoid him and made a U-turn toward the freeway, the vehicles passed each other. Molano allegedly aimed a firearm at the victims and fired approximately three to four rounds, police said.<\/p>\n<p>Felony Assault Unit detectives identified Molano as the suspect and obtained a warrant for his arrest. During a search of the residence where he was arrested, detectives found ammunition consistent with that used in the shooting, police said.<\/p>\n<p>Molano was booked into the Fresno County Jail on multiple charges related to the shooting investigation.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014<\/p>\n<p>Connect with\u00a0\u00a0on social media. Got a tip? Send an\u00a0.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A 29-year-old man was arrested Monday after allegedly shooting at two people following a physical altercation at a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":202834,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-202833","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202833","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=202833"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202833\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/202834"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=202833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=202833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=202833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}