{"id":306582,"date":"2026-05-08T21:00:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T21:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/306582\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T21:00:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T21:00:08","slug":"fresno-police-seek-murder-charge-in-deadly-stabbing-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/306582\/","title":{"rendered":"Fresno Police Seek Murder Charge in Deadly Stabbing Case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A 58-year-old man who was stabbed outside a Fresno discount store last month has died from his injuries, and prosecutors are seeking to upgrade the suspect\u2019s charges to murder, police said.<\/p>\n<p>Fresno police said this is the tenth homicide of 2026.<\/p>\n<p>About the Incident<\/p>\n<p>Southwest Policing District officers responded at about 5:41 p.m. on April 28 to the Discount General Merchandise store at 370 B St. for a stabbing investigation, according to Fresno police.<\/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>Officers found Leonardo Alejo unresponsive and suffering from an apparent stab wound. Alejo was taken to Community Regional Medical Center for treatment.<\/p>\n<p>Homicide detectives identified Jose Moreno, 32, as the suspect in the stabbing. Moreno was arrested the same day and booked into the Fresno County Jail on suspicion of attempted murder.<\/p>\n<p>Alejo died from his injuries on Tuesday, police said. Detectives are working with the Fresno County District Attorney\u2019s Office to amend Moreno\u2019s charges to murder.<\/p>\n<p>Got a Tip?<\/p>\n<p>Police said anyone with information about the case is asked to contact Homicide Detective R. Gallegos at (559) 621-2451 or Detective J. Baroni at (559) 621-2516.<\/p>\n<p>Anonymous tips can also be submitted through Crime Stoppers at (559) 498-STOP (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 58-year-old man who was stabbed outside a Fresno discount store last month has died from his injuries,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":306583,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-306582","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\/306582","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=306582"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306582\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/306583"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=306582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=306582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=306582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}