On the morning of Sunday, March 16, 2025, Fresno police found 64-year-old Abraham Tiggs, a Black man who was part of the local unhoused community, unresponsive on the sidewalk near Tulare and B Streets with a gunshot wound to the chest. Emergency responders attempted life-saving measures but Tiggs was pronounced dead at the scene. Surveillance footage shows the shooting occurred around 11:30 p.m. the previous night and captured Tiggs walking south on B Street toward Tulare Street before collapsing.

Homicide detectives identified 38-year-old Adam Delacruz as the primary suspect. On Wednesday, March 26, 2025, officers executed a search warrant near Tulare and B Streets, took Delacruz into custody, and recovered a firearm believed to be the weapon used in the killing. Delacruz has been charged with murder and illegal possession of a firearm; he pleaded not guilty in April 2025 and a request for a new attorney was denied. The Fresno Police Department is seeking additional information; anyone with knowledge is asked to contact Homicide Detective J. Espinoza at 621-2415 or Detective J. Baroni at 621-2516 or submit an anonymous tip to Valley Crime Stoppers at 498-STOP.

Did anyone in the area see or hear anything the night of March 15–16 that could help investigators?