{"id":279232,"date":"2026-04-21T22:20:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T22:20:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/279232\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T22:20:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T22:20:11","slug":"fresno-murder-suspect-arrested-in-las-vegas-after-fatal-march-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/279232\/","title":{"rendered":"Fresno Murder Suspect Arrested in Las Vegas After Fatal March Shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A man has been arrested in connection with a March shooting that left one person dead in Fresno, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>On March 19, at approximately 10:02 p.m., Southwest Policing District officers responded to the area of Samson and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard for a report of a shooting victim.<\/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>Officers found Perry Paul Espinosa suffering from a gunshot wound. Espinosa was pronounced dead at 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>Homicide detectives identified Michael Dorsey, 40, of Fresno as the suspect in the killing.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department officers contacted Dorsey during an unrelated disturbance call and discovered he had an active California murder warrant.<\/p>\n<p>He was taken into custody and booked into the Clark County Detention Center, where he is awaiting an extradition hearing.<\/p>\n<p>Got a Tip?<\/p>\n<p>Although an arrest has been made, investigators are asking anyone with information to contact Fresno Police Department Homicide Detective C. Franks at (559) 621-2427.<\/p>\n<p>Anonymous tips can also be submitted through Crime Stoppers at (559) 498-7867.<\/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 man has been arrested in connection with a March shooting that left one person dead in Fresno,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":279233,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-279232","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\/279232","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=279232"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279232\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/279233"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=279232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=279232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=279232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}