Ursulo Francisco Sermeno, 47, was shot to death on the evening of January 8, 2022, inside an apartment at the Chalet Gardens Apartments on Winery near Yale in Fresno, California. First responders found Sermeno with multiple gunshot wounds to the upper body; he was pronounced dead at the scene. He was born February 4, 1974, in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico.

Investigators reported a white sports car with dark rims leaving the complex after the shooting. An officer later spotted a matching vehicle near Highway 168 and Highway 180; a brief pursuit was started but called off. The car was found crashed into a power pole near McKinley and De Wolf Avenues and on fire. A 41-year-old man, Rodrigo Nelson, was detained walking from the crash and charged with evading police and driving a stolen vehicle. Authorities have not linked him directly to Sermeno’s murder and list him as a person of interest.

The Fresno Police Department is continuing the investigation and asks anyone with information to contact them. Does anyone have information that could help clarify what happened that night?