Tyler James Hamon, 33, was fatally shot on November 1, 2024, at the Windscape Apartments in northwest Fresno. Officers responding to gunfire shortly after midnight found bullet holes in the front door, shell casings on the upstairs landing, and Hamon unresponsive in a back bedroom with a gunshot wound to his upper back. He was taken to Kaiser Hospital and pronounced dead.

Detectives identified Hamon’s cousin, 34-year-old Gerrick Franklin, as the primary suspect; Franklin was arrested in Madera County on November 3 and booked into the Fresno County Jail on murder charges. Authorities say the shooting appears to have arisen from a personal dispute rather than a random act. Hamon had recently moved into the complex and had prior arrests in Tulare County for domestic violence and weapons charges.

The death was Fresno’s 27th homicide of the year. A visitation for Hamon was held November 25 at Jesse E. Cooley Jr. Funeral Home, with a funeral on November 26 at Living Christ Church in Tulare. The Fresno Police Department continues to investigate and asks anyone with information to contact Valley Crime Stoppers or homicide detectives; callers can remain anonymous.

Did anyone in the community know Tyler or see anything at the Windscape Apartments around midnight on November 1?