FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) — After a weekend homicide, 48-year-old Nicholas Salazar faced a judge accused in the deadly shooting of a 32-year-old Selma woman.<\/p>\n
On Wednesday morning, Salazar sat in a courtroom and pleaded not guilty. Action News was not allowed to record his face while he faced the judge.<\/p>\n
He is charged with the shooting and killing Saldana on August 15.<\/p>\n
“We have never endured so much pain, and we have gone through loss, and we have always been tight knit,” said Saldana’s sister, Daisy Mulligan.<\/p>\n
Family members of Saldana spoke to Action News within days of the attack, explaining how difficult it’s been to deal with this tragedy.<\/p>\n
RELATED: Family remembers Selma woman killed in weekend shooting, seeks justice<\/a><\/p>\n Selma Police say Saldana was found suffering from a gunshot wound near Logan and Cypress streets in Selma.<\/p>\n Investigators believe the gunshots stemmed from a fight at a nearby home.<\/p>\n Saldana’s family say the details of the gruesome night are hard to process and they miss her dearly.<\/p>\n “This is my baby sister. This is my dad’s everything. Mercedes was really a unique person. There’s no other Mercedes out there,” said Mulligan.<\/p>\n The family hopes Salazar will stay behind bars.<\/p>\n “So, he doesn’t harm any other families like it was done to me, so I ask for justice.”<\/p>\n The family created a GoFundMe for funeral expenses. Salazar will be back in court on September 29 and this is an ongoing investigation.<\/p>\n If you have any information, you can call the Selma Police Department.<\/p>\n For news updates, follow Elisa Navarro on Facebook<\/a>, Twitter<\/a> and Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n Copyright \u00a9 2026 KFSN-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n