Saleh Abdulfattah, 23, a Fresno liquor store owner originally from Yemen, was killed May 18, 2015 in a drive-by shooting. He was driving a brand new Range Rover when a dark car pulled up beside him and fired several rounds; he crashed into a pole and died of his injuries. The shooting happened shortly after he left his mini mart. Investigators said suspects remain unidentified and at large. Early inquiries did not consider the attack gang-related, though the area has known gang activity, and detectives also explored a possible narcotics link.

Abdulfattah had been a visible local businessman and was remembered for generosity, but he also had a complicated history with police. Officers had contact with him the previous summer after a four-year-old was shot near his store; Abdulfattah was uncooperative, leading to a search that turned up oxycodone, ecstasy and prescription cough syrup and resulted in a misdemeanor conviction without jail time. In the days before his death he was involved in a disturbance with a small group, but it is unclear whether that incident relates to the homicide.

Anyone with information about the shooting or the dark car seen beside Abdulfattah’s Range Rover is asked to come forward.