FRESNO, Calif. (FOX26) \u2014 Two Fresno police officers assigned to the Patrol Division were involved in an officer-involved shooting on the morning of Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026, the department said.<\/p>\n
The Fresno Police Department released a Critical Incident Video that includes body-worn camera footage and other material.<\/p>\n
At approximately 2:45 AM, Fresno Police officers responded to a ShotSpotter activation, reporting a single gunshot near the 300 block of S Orchard St.<\/p>\n
Officers arrived in the area and observed 42-year-old David Rascon standing on the sidewalk along the East Huntington Ave. overpass above Hwy. 41.<\/p>\n
As officers made a U-turn to attempt contact with Rascon, he ran westbound on East Huntington Ave. while holding a firearm.<\/p>\n
After running into the condominium complex, Rascon fired multiple rounds at the officers pursuing him.<\/p>\n
Two officers returned fire, and Rascon was struck multiple times.<\/p>\n
Officers provided medical aid to Rascon until emergency medical personnel arrived on scene and relieved them.<\/p>\n
Rascon was transported to Community Regional Medical Center, where he was treated for his gunshot injuries.<\/p>\n
The department said the investigation into the shooting remains ongoing and that no additional comments will be made beyond the release of the video.<\/p>\n
Police said the incident is being fully investigated and that the findings will be provided to the Fresno County District Attorney\u2019s Office, Internal Affairs, and the Office of Independent Review.<\/p>\n
Due to the graphic nature of this video, viewer discretion is advised.<\/p>\n
The Fresno Police Department released a Critical Incident Video that includes body-worn camera footage and other material from an officer-involved shooting in Fresno. (FPD)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Rascon’s loaded, privately made firearm was recovered at the scene.<\/p>\n
Two additional spent casings from Rascon’s handgun were located in the immediate area.<\/p>\n
Rascon has been charged with three counts of attempted murder of a peace officer and 3 counts of assault with a deadly weapon on a peace officer with the use of a firearm, and multiple unlawful firearm possession charges and parole violation.<\/p>\n
No officers or uninvolved community members were injured during this incident.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FRESNO, Calif. (FOX26) \u2014 Two Fresno police officers assigned to the Patrol Division were involved in an officer-involved…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":505680,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-505679","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\/505679","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=505679"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505679\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/505680"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=505679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=505679"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=505679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}