{"id":343914,"date":"2026-06-03T02:58:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T02:58:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/343914\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T02:58:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T02:58:11","slug":"store-employee-shot-during-fresno-smoke-shop-robbery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/343914\/","title":{"rendered":"Store employee shot during Fresno smoke shop robbery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"expander\" onclick=\"this.classList.toggle('open');\" wp_automatic_readability=\"1\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"summary\">AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom.<\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fresnobee.com\/news\/nation-world\/national\/article280707640.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read our AI Policy.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A store employee in his 20s was shot during a 3:55 a.m. incident at a Fresno smoke shop.Two suspects allegedly demanded money and fled on foot after the attempted robbery.The victim was hospitalized in critical but stable condition while detectives investigate.<\/p>\n<p>A store employee was injured in a shooting at a Fresno smoke shop Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n<p>The shooting happened at 3:55 a.m. at 3919 E. Belmont Ave. at APH &#8211; Smoke Shop.<\/p>\n<p>Officers arrived and found the man in his 20s with a gunshot wound to the upper body.<\/p>\n<p>He was taken to the hospital and was listed in critical but stable condition.<\/p>\n<p>Police said two men attempted to rob the store by demanding money, and during the altercation, the store employee was shot.<\/p>\n<p>The suspects fled the store on foot.<\/p>\n<p>Detectives are investigating the shooting.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information is asked to call the police at <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fresnobee.com\/news\/local\/crime\/tel:559-621-7000\">559-621-7000<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>        Related Stories from  Fresno Bee<\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fresnobee.com\/profile\/218450935\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1780455491_865_Anthony Galaviz headshot.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Profile Image of Anthony Galaviz\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                <a class=\"author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fresnobee.com\/profile\/218450935\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Anthony Galaviz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    The Fresno Bee<\/p>\n<p>            Anthony Galaviz writes about sports for The Fresno Bee. He covers the Las Vegas Raiders, high schools, boxing, MMA and junior colleges. He\u2019s been with The Bee since 1997 and attended Fresno City College before graduating from Fresno State with a major in journalism and a minor in criminology.<br \/>\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/fresnobee.com\/subscribe&#009;&#009;&#009;&#009;&#009;&#009;&#009;&#009;&#009;&#009;&#009;&#009;&#009;\" style=\"color: #5169B8; text-transform: none;\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Support my work with a digital subscription<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. Read our AI Policy. A store employee in his 20s was shot&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":343915,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-343914","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\/343914","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=343914"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343914\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/343915"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=343914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=343914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=343914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}