A 35-year-old man was shot in the lower abdomen early Tuesday morning in east central Fresno, found near the bottom of a walking bridge at Winery and Harvey avenues, according to the Fresno County Sheriff's Office. He was rushed to Community Regional Medical Center, and investigators say he isn't cooperating with their efforts to figure out what happened.
ABC30 reported that the shooting happened in the area around 6:30 a.m.
Other outlets covering the same incident offered slightly different specifics. ABC30 described the location as east central Fresno and said the Fresno County Sheriff's Office found the man with a gunshot wound in the stomach area, while The Fresno Bee placed the scene near the pedestrian bridge at Highway 180 and Harvey Avenue and described the victim as a man in his 30s.
Victim Not Cooperating, No Motive Released
ABC30 reported that deputies say the man is not cooperating with the investigation, and that no information on what led up to the shooting has been released. The station's report did not say whether that silence has slowed the case or whether detectives have identified any suspects.
The Fresno Bee, which confirmed deputies are investigating a Tuesday morning shooting, reported that the man was taken to the hospital and is expected to survive. That account did not specify which hospital treated him.
A Shooting Amid Falling Crime Numbers Citywide
The incident comes as Fresno has been trending toward fewer gun crimes overall. A separate YourCentralValley.com report found that the city's murder rate hit a 51-year low in 2025, with nearly 60 fewer shootings recorded that year compared to 2024. Fresno Police Chief Mindy Casto said the department posted a 105% murder clearance rate in 2025, a figure that includes cases solved from previous years.
The agency investigating a shooting also matters when comparing it with city crime totals. Fresno Police Department serves the city, while the Fresno County Sheriff’s Office provides law enforcement in unincorporated parts of the county; boundaries can determine which agency handles a call. The city’s reported figures therefore provide broader local context, but they are not, by themselves, a count of every shooting investigated by county deputies. Fresno’s planning document outlines the agencies’ service areas.
The decline follows a sharp rise in shootings earlier in the decade: Fresno Police Department’s 2024 annual report counted 732 shooting incidents in 2020, then reported a 38% decrease from 2023 to 2024. The department also recorded 30 murders in 2024, down from 35 the year before, and said 78% of shootings in which someone was struck by gunfire were cleared. Those figures offer citywide context, but they do not establish what happened in this case. The department’s 2024 annual report details the trends.
Those citywide numbers don't change the facts on the ground at Winery and Harvey avenues, where the shooting investigation remains ongoing and unanswered questions linger about what led to the gunfire.
