Banwari Godara, 23, was identified by the Fresno County Sheriff-Coroner’s Office as the victim of a fatal shooting that occurred the night of October 18, 2025. The shooting took place at a truck repair yard in the 5400 block of South Cedar Avenue in an unincorporated part of Fresno County. Around 8 p.m., two wounded men left the yard in a vehicle with another person and stopped at a shopping center near Shaw and Brawley avenues; both were taken to Community Regional Medical Center, where Godara died and a 21-year-old man was treated and released.

Detectives from the Sheriff’s Office assumed the investigation after an initial Fresno police response, processed the truck yard as the primary crime scene and collected evidence. No arrests have been announced, and investigators had not identified suspects or a motive. A Sheriff’s Office spokesperson characterized the case as appearing to be an isolated incident involving people who knew one another, but the circumstances that led to the gunfire remain unclear.

Did anyone see activity at the truck yard or the Shaw and Brawley shopping center that night, or does anyone have information about who Godara was with that evening?