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California woman shot in head in front of 6-year-old daughter in possible case of mistaken identity
By Mary Stringini
Jacqueline Flores, 25
FRESNO, Calif. - A California woman was shot in her car in front of her young daughter and investigators believe it may have been a case of mistaken identity.
Fresno Police officers responded to the intersection of Kearney Blvd. and Thorne Avenue around 10:45 p.m. Tuesday and discovered Jacqueline Flores, 25, inside of a parked car suffering from a single gunshot wound to her head.
Authorities said that Flores s 6-year-old daughter was in the backseat of the car when her mother was shot.
Fresno homicides surging toward 2020 numbers city’s second deadliest year, data shows [The Fresno Bee]
Jul. 8 The shooting death of a man early Tuesday at the Campus Pointe shopping center near Fresno State was was the 38th homicide of 2021 under investigation by the Fresno Police Department.
That’s about double the pace of the first half 2020, when through the end of June there were 19 homicide victims in 18 separate incidents in the city.
But an analysis of crime data released last week by the state Department of Justice reveals that by the end of 2020, the volume of deadly violence ballooned to 77 victims, making last year the deadliest for homicides in Fresno in more than 25 years.
21 busted, 10 women and girls rescued in California human trafficking ring
By Stephen Sorace
California was busted last week, leading to the
arrests of 21 people and the rescue of 10 women and girls, according to reports.
The Fresno Police Department teamed up with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Investigations for Operation Stolen Hearts, in a multi-day effort against child sex trafficking and exploitation in the area,
Authorities made 10 felony arrests and cited 11 others for misdemeanors, according to the reports.
Those arrested were booked on prostitution-related charges, including contacting a minor with intent to commit a sex offense, aiding prostitution, arranging a meeting with a minor for lewd purposes and solicitation of acts of prostitution.
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