Philip Frusetta, a 24-year-old security guard for Black Python Security, was shot and killed while on duty at the Motel 6 at Blackstone and Griffith in Fresno, California, on August 24, 2021. He was responding to a disturbance involving a group on the motel’s second floor, and was struck once in the chest as he approached during a verbal altercation. Officers and EMS attempted resuscitation but pronounced him dead at the scene.

The shooting was recorded as Fresno’s 49th homicide of 2021. Investigators reviewed motel surveillance footage and sought witness accounts to identify suspects. In the weeks after the killing a 17-year-old was arrested and charged in connection with Frusetta’s murder and held at the Juvenile Justice Campus in Fresno County. Frusetta was described by family and friends as kind, generous, and hardworking; he was attending church and supporting a young son whose mother had died in a car accident two years earlier.

Does anyone have information about the night at the Motel 6 or about the group on the second floor that could help fill gaps in the timeline?