FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) – A man who was shot and killed in southwest Fresno Wednesday has been identified.
The Fresno County Coroner’s office has identified him as 24-year-old Taeshawn Johnson.
Officers responded to Lorena Avenue and South Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard around 1 p.m. Wednesday afternoon.
When officers arrived, they found Johnson in the road with multiple gunshot wounds.
He was taken to the hospital, where he died a short time later.
Investigators say that Johnson was involved in an argument with another person when he was shot.
Police did not provide any suspect information.
This is the second homicide of the year for the City of Fresno.
Anyone with information on this shooting is asked to call Fresno Police at 559-621-7000, or homicide detectives Jake Adney at 559-621-2445 or Martin Moreno at 559-621-2443. Tips can be made anonymously by calling Crime Stoppers at 559-498-7867.
Listen to the report by KMJ’s Liz Kern.
