Adam Contreras, 24, was found with a gunshot wound lying in the street at the intersection of Hedges and Rabe avenues in southeast Fresno around 11:25 p.m. on December 26, 2021. A passerby called 911 after spotting him unresponsive; emergency personnel pronounced him dead at the scene. His death was recorded as Fresno’s 73rd homicide of 2021.

Detectives canvassed the area, interviewed witnesses and reviewed surveillance video. On January 12, 2022, police arrested 30-year-old Abel Pena after stopping him on a bicycle and finding a loaded firearm; Pena, described in the report as a known gang member, was booked on weapons charges and later linked to Contreras’s killing and charged with murder. Authorities had not disclosed a motive.

Anyone with information about the shooting or who knew Adam is asked to contact the Fresno Police Department.