{"id":245760,"date":"2026-03-31T22:39:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T22:39:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/245760\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T22:39:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T22:39:10","slug":"fresno-police-seek-suspect-in-fatal-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/245760\/","title":{"rendered":"Fresno Police Seek Suspect in Fatal Shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Police say a man was shot and killed Thursday, March 19, night in southwest Fresno.<\/p>\n<p>Officers responding at 10:02 p.m. to the area of Samson Avenue and Martin Luther King Boulevard found Perry Paul Espinosa, 40, suffering from a gunshot wound. Despite efforts to provide medical aid, Espinosa died at the scene.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-238735 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1774996749_517_Perry-Paul-Espinosa-was-fatally-shot-Thursday-March-19-2026-evening-in-Fresnos-Southwest-Policing-Di.jpeg\" alt=\"Perry Paul Espinosa was fatally shot Thursday, March 19, 2026, evening in Fresno\u2019s Southwest Policing District, authorities said. (Fresno PD)\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\"  \/>Perry Paul Espinosa was fatally shot Thursday, March 19, 2026, evening in Fresno\u2019s Southwest Policing District, authorities said. (Fresno PD)<\/p>\n<p>Investigators determined the shooting followed a disturbance involving several people. Detectives identified Michael Dorsey, 40, as the suspect and said he fled the scene.<\/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 decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GVWire-Ad-Get-our-mobile-app-1280x90-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"   width=\"1280\" height=\"90\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A murder warrant has been issued for Dorsey\u2019s arrest.<\/p>\n<p>Got a Tip?<\/p>\n<p>Police are asking anyone with information on Dorsey\u2019s whereabouts to contact the Fresno Police Department.<\/p>\n<p>Callers can remain anonymous by reaching Crime Stoppers at (559) 498-STOP (7867) or contact Homicide Detectives C. Franks at (559) 621-2527 or R. Montoya at (559) 621-2449.<\/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":"Police say a man was shot and killed Thursday, March 19, night in southwest Fresno. Officers responding at&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":245761,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":{"0":"post-245760","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fresno","8":"tag-fresno","9":"tag-fresno-headlines","10":"tag-fresno-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245760","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=245760"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245760\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/245761"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=245760"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=245760"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=245760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}