Central Policing District officers rushed to 3206 N. Palm Avenue at 11:09 p.m. Wednesday after reports of a shooting victim in a parking lot, and despite lifesaving efforts by officers and paramedics, 34-year-old Tiffany Stewart was pronounced dead at the scene. Homicide detectives determined the shooting was connected to domestic violence, according to the Fresno Police Department.
Police say Stewart and 29-year-old Jeffrey Randall, identified as her domestic partner, got into an argument in the parking lot before the shooting. As Stewart walked away from him, Randall shot her, according to the Fresno Police Department. Officers contacted Randall in the immediate area and arrested him.
Randall was booked into Fresno County Jail on suspicion of murder under California Penal Code Section 187(a), the statute that defines murder as the unlawful killing of a human being with malice aforethought. Under the law, a second-degree murder conviction carries 15 years to life in state prison, while first-degree murder carries 25 years to life, according to Cron, Israels & Stark. Prosecutors must prove malice aforethought to secure a conviction, and as with any arrest, the allegations against Randall remain unproven until adjudicated in court.
Commercial Corridor Turned Crime Scene
The address where Stewart died is listed as a retail property in Fresno, California 93703, according to a LoopNet property listing. Fresno police have not identified the specific business in whose lot the argument and shooting unfolded.
Detectives A. Lopez and A. Barragan of the Fresno Police Department homicide unit are listed as contacts for the investigation. Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call Detective Lopez at (559) 621-2443 or Detective Barragan at (559) 621-2449, or to reach Crime Stoppers anonymously at (559) 498-STOP (7867). Lieutenant Larry Bowlan, the department's public information officer, can be reached by email at [email protected].
A County Wrestling With Domestic Violence
Stewart's death is the latest in a string of intimate-partner homicides that have rattled Fresno in recent weeks. On August 22, Fresno police reported that a Madera County probation officer killed 42-year-old Angelica Reyes in a domestic murder-suicide, marking the city's 18th homicide of 2026, as previously reported. Weeks earlier, 30-year-old mother of seven Tatyana McIntyre was found dead in an ex-boyfriend's garage, according to a separate report.
Fresno County records roughly 7,000 reported domestic violence cases each year, giving it the highest per-capita rate among California's 10 largest counties in 2023, according to the Superior Court of California, County of Fresno. The Marjaree Mason Center, the county's primary domestic violence service provider, operates a 24/7 crisis hotline at (559) 233-HELP (4357).
Homicides Tick Up Even as Overall Crime Falls
Stewart's killing comes as Fresno posts mixed crime trends for 2026. Fresno Police Department statistics released in July showed two more homicides in the first half of 2026 than during the same period in 2025, even as overall violent crime dropped by 5 percent, according to GV Wire. That uptick follows a 51-year low in homicides in 2025.
As of mid-2026, the department maintained a 100 percent homicide clearance rate, making arrests in current-year cases while also closing out older unsolved homicides, per the same GV Wire report. Stewart's death also follows a separate, unrelated homicide reported just two days earlier, when a 17-year-old was killed as masked gunmen targeted apartments near Fresno State, according to earlier Hoodline reporting.
