A weekend shooting in Hanford with possible gang ties has turned into a homicide investigation after one of the victims died this week, according to the Hanford Police Department.
On Sunday evening, officers from the Hanford Police Department responded to calls of a stranded vehicle in the middle of the road going southbound on 11
th Avenue near Davis Street. According to Police Lt. James Lutz, officers were informed that the two occupants inside the vehicle had been shot and went to assist.
Inside, officers found the driver, 18-year-old William Bernabe, unresponsive with gunshot wounds to the torso and upper body area. He was rushed to Community Regional Medical Center in downtown Fresno, where he was put on life support. On Thursday afternoon, the Hanford Police released a statement saying that Bernabe had died from his wounds.