{"id":351763,"date":"2026-06-08T16:38:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T16:38:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/351763\/"},"modified":"2026-06-08T16:38:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T16:38:08","slug":"man-arrested-after-deputies-say-he-stabbed-his-father-to-death-in-fresno","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/351763\/","title":{"rendered":"Man arrested after deputies say he stabbed his father to death in Fresno"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FRESNO, Calif. (FOX26) \u2014 A 21-year-old Fresno man has been booked into the Fresno County Jail on a murder charge after deputies say his 79-year-old father was stabbed and killed.<\/p>\n<p>Deputies booked Freeman Hunter III of Fresno into jail on $1 million bail.<\/p>\n<p>Deputies responded around midnight on Saturday to the report of a stabbing  at a home near Shaw and Grantland Avenues.<\/p>\n<p>[RELATED] <a href=\"https:\/\/kmph.com\/news\/crime\/two-men-sentenced-to-life-without-parole-in-2020-golden-west-high-murder\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Two men sentenced to life without parole in 2020 Golden West High murder<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Deputies contacted Hunter and immediately took him into custody.<\/p>\n<p>Other deputies and firefighters found the injured victim and performed CPR, but he died at the scene.<\/p>\n<p>The victim was identified as 79-year-old Freeman Hunter Jr., the father of the suspect.<\/p>\n<p>The motive for the homicide has not been established, and the investigation remains ongoing.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information is asked to contact Sheriff\u2019s Detective Jose Leon at (559) 600-8221. <\/p>\n<p>Tips can also be provided to Valley Crime Stoppers at (559) 498-7867 or at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.valleycrimestoppers.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">www.valleycrimestoppers.org<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Comment with Bubbles<\/p>\n<p>BE THE FIRST TO COMMENT<\/p>\n<p>Tipsters will remain anonymous and may be eligible for a cash reward. Reference case No. 26-6646.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FRESNO, Calif. (FOX26) \u2014 A 21-year-old Fresno man has been booked into the Fresno County Jail on a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":351764,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-351763","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\/351763","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=351763"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351763\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/351764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=351763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=351763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=351763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}