{"id":390353,"date":"2026-07-08T09:26:29","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T09:26:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/390353\/"},"modified":"2026-07-08T09:26:29","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T09:26:29","slug":"early-morning-shooting-near-river-park-sends-two-to-hospital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/390353\/","title":{"rendered":"Early-morning shooting near River Park sends two to hospital"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A shooting near the River Park shopping center in north Fresno sent two people to the hospital early Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n<p>Fresno police Sgt. Diana Trueba Vega said the department got calls of a shooting around 4:15 a.m. near Blackstone and Nees avenues.<\/p>\n<p>Three victims were traveling south on Blackstone from Nees when an unknown number suspects fired into the vehicle, Trueba Vega said.<\/p>\n<p>The driver, a 25-year-old woman, wasn\u2019t injured.<\/p>\n<p>The front passenger, a 21-year-old man, was shot in his upper torso.<\/p>\n<p>A third victim, a 23-year-old man sitting in the backseat, was shot in both of his legs.<\/p>\n<p>Trueba Vega said the victims self-transported to the hospital. The victim shot in the torso is in stable condition, and the victim who was shot in the legs was released after being treated.<\/p>\n<p>Trueba Vega said the shooting was not a random incident, as police say there was a brief confrontation between the suspects and victims near Palm and Nees avenues.<\/p>\n<p>The suspects were in two vehicles, a black car and a silver car, Trueba Vega said.<\/p>\n<p>While traveling eastbound on Nees Avenue after the confrontation, the victims noticed the silver vehicle following them. The victims then turned onto Blackstone shortly before the shooting.<\/p>\n<p>Police are continuing to investigate and temporarily blocked off a portion of Blackstone Avenue near River Park while searching the area.<\/p>\n<p>                                          <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_0435.jpg\"   width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" title=\"IMG_0435.jpg\" alt=\"Fresno police Sgt. Diana Trueba Vega said an unknown number of suspects fired into a vehicle traveling south on Blackstone Avenue Tuesday morning, sending two victims to the hospital.\"\/>                                                                                    Fresno police Sgt. Diana Trueba Vega said an unknown number of suspects fired into a vehicle traveling south on Blackstone Avenue Tuesday morning, sending two victims to the hospital.                                                                                            ANTHONY GALAVIZ                                                                            agalaviz@fresnobee.com                                                                                        <\/p>\n<p class=\"summary gray\">This story was originally published July 7, 2026 at 8:34 AM.<\/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":"A shooting near the River Park shopping center in north Fresno sent two people to the hospital early&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":390354,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-390353","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\/390353","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=390353"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390353\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/390354"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=390353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=390353"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=390353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}