{"id":472936,"date":"2026-09-23T10:02:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T10:02:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/472936\/"},"modified":"2026-09-23T10:02:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T10:02:13","slug":"family-watches-surveillance-of-barbershop-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/472936\/","title":{"rendered":"Family watches surveillance of barbershop shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"

Family members of Jampier Quintero, the innocent bystander killed in a gang-related shooting, wept as they watched a surveillance video of the 44-year-old father get gunned down in a barbershop parking lot.<\/p>\n

The video was introduced as evidence Tuesday in the preliminary hearing for 18-year-old Kobe Chantharangsy, who is charged with the April 19, 2025, murder of Quintero and the attempted murder of three others.<\/p>\n

He is also charged with a gang-related murder enhancement and for using a gun.<\/p>\n

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The short video shows two men walk into Los Viejones Barbershop at Belmont and Van Ness avenues shortly before 5 p.m. A few minutes later, nearly a dozen people are seen running from the barbershop in all directions.<\/p>\n

One of those fleeing was Quintero, who was with his two young children getting haircuts for the upcoming Easter holiday.<\/p>\n

As people ran from the shop, Quintero is seen stopping between two cars and holding up his hands as if imploring the gunman not to shoot.<\/p>\n

Chantharangsy didn\u2019t listen. He fired his 10 mm pistol at Quintero, killing him, said prosecutor Ismail Aliyev.<\/p>\n

Relatives of Quintero\u2019s sobbed quietly as they witnessed his final moments.<\/p>\n

Jampier Quintero, 44, was identified by police as the man killed in a barbershop shooting on Saturday, April 19, 2025, in Fresno, California. FRESNO POLICE DEPARTMENT <\/p>\n

Civilian witnesses<\/a>, including customers and barbers, describe a chaotic scene with gunshots, people panicking and lots of blood.<\/p>\n

Barber Efren Romero expected to be busy that Saturday with people needing haircuts before Easter. He was booked but still tried to squeeze in clients he knew, including Freddie Medina.<\/p>\n

Unbeknownst to Medina, one of his gang rivals, Chantharangsy, was seated in the next booth, also getting his haircut.<\/p>\n

In an interview with detectives, Romero said he noticed Chantharangsy getting antsy and bobbing his head in a taunting manner.<\/p>\n

Romero told detectives he asked his client not to start anything, as the shop was full of customers.<\/p>\n

At about the same time, two of his client\u2019s friends walked in and quickly said hello. They then turned to Chantharangsy, and Romero said they asked him, \u201cWhat\u2019s up, you bang?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThen everything went from chill to boom,\u201d Romero testified.<\/p>\n

Police believe Chantharangsy fired a weapon from underneath his barber\u2019s cape, striking Medina and his friends, Christian Gutierrez and Emilio Rodriguez. All three survived.<\/p>\n

Why Chantharangsy shot Quintero is unclear. He wasn\u2019t a gang member and didn\u2019t know the defendant.<\/p>\n

Alexander Mendoza and his brother Gabriel were friends of Quintero\u2019s and with him at the barbershop the day of the shooting.<\/p>\n

Alexander Mendoza was in the barber chair when the shooting started. Frightened, he ran toward the rear of the shop, then hid behind a chair before going outside.<\/p>\n

Not far from the entrance, he found his brother Gabriel with Quintero, who was on the ground and bleeding.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was next to his car and my brother was holding him, trying to put pressure on him,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

When asked by the prosecutor if he saw who shot his friend, Alexander Mendoza said yes, stood up and pointed at the defendant.<\/p>\n

\u201cHim,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The preliminary hearing continues Wednesday.<\/p>\n


\n \"Profile
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Robert Rodriguez<\/a><\/p>\n

The Fresno Bee<\/p>\n

A Valley native, Robert has worked at The Fresno Bee since 1994, covering various topics including education, business, courts and agriculture.\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Family members of Jampier Quintero, the innocent bystander killed in a gang-related shooting, wept as they watched a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":472937,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-472936","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\/472936","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=472936"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/472936\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/472937"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=472936"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=472936"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=472936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}