{"id":353969,"date":"2026-06-10T01:28:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T01:28:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/353969\/"},"modified":"2026-06-10T01:28:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T01:28:07","slug":"bystander-struck-after-gunfire-erupts-in-fresno-parking-lot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/353969\/","title":{"rendered":"Bystander struck after gunfire erupts in Fresno parking lot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One person was injured after at least a dozen gunshots were fired in a Fresno parking lot, police say.<\/p>\n<p>Fresno police Lt. Larry Bowlan said officers received multiple 911 calls reporting shots fired at a parking lot near West Avenue and Griffith Way around 2:30 p.m. Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Shortly thereafter, officers received a ShotSpotter notification identifying 14 rounds of gunfire in the area, Bowlan said.<\/p>\n<p>The parking lot is near various businesses, including a dd\u2019s Discounts retail store and a nail salon.<\/p>\n<p>Responding officers found a teenager who sustained a gunshot wound to their foot. Bowlan said the victim was a bystander who was caught in the gunfire and was hospitalized with a non-life-threatening injury.<\/p>\n<p>Bowlan said witnesses recounted seeing two groups shooting at each other before fleeing into the surrounding neighborhood.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDuring that exchange of gunfire where, honestly, these individuals are just shooting randomly into the parking lot, we had two individuals walking towards the dd\u2019s Discount. And that is the one victim that was struck in the foot with a stray round,\u201d Bowlan said.<\/p>\n<p>At least three suspects were detained, Bowlan said, though authorities hadn\u2019t determined if any of them were shooters.<\/p>\n<p>Bowlan said officers haven\u2019t confirmed if the shooting is gang-related. He said officers recovered at least a dozen gunshot casings at the scene.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the one victim, Bowlan said four unoccupied vehicles were hit by gunfire.<\/p>\n<p>A bystander told The Bee that her sister was in a nearby nail salon at the time of the shooting. The sister\u2019s car was struck at least twice and sustained a flat tire.<\/p>\n<p>Considering how much foot-traffic the area gets in the afternoon, Bowlan said they\u2019re lucky the situation was not worse.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen we have that many individuals around, and then we have people like this that are involved or causing these kinds of disturbances and shootings, they\u2019re putting a whole community at risk,\u201d Bowlan said. \u201cDon\u2019t be surprised if you see another summer operation coming out from Fresno PD where we\u2019re going to try to suppress a lot of this violent crime.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"summary gray\">This story was originally published June 9, 2026 at 5:40 PM.<\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fresnobee.com\/profile\/307508201\/\" 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\/IMG_4053.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Profile Image of Nick Fenley\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                <a class=\"author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fresnobee.com\/profile\/307508201\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nick Fenley<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    The Fresno Bee<\/p>\n<p>            Nick Fenley is a reporter covering education, lawsuits, breaking news and more for The Fresno Bee. He\u2019s originally from the Imperial Valley and has been with The Bee since 2025.\n            <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One person was injured after at least a dozen gunshots were fired in a Fresno parking lot, police&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":353970,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-353969","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\/353969","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=353969"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353969\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/353970"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=353969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=353969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=353969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}