On April 4, 2025, 38-year-old Jose Rodriguez Calderon was found in the street in Raisin City with a gunshot wound and was pronounced dead at the scene. Calderon was identified as a Hispanic male; the Fresno County Sheriff’s Office treated the death as a homicide and sent detectives and crime scene specialists to the neighborhood to gather evidence and interview witnesses.

Investigators identified 38-year-old Martin Avalos, a next-door neighbor on Bowles Avenue, as the primary suspect. Members of the Violent Criminal Apprehension Team located Avalos the same evening and arrested him; he was booked into the Fresno County Jail on murder charges. Officials have not released details about a motive or any prior dispute between the two men, and the investigation is ongoing.

Did anyone in the Raisin City community see or hear anything that night on Bowles Avenue that could help investigators?