On April 30, 2024, at about 5:30 p.m. ShotSpotter alerted officers to gunfire near Fairmont and Holt Avenues in northwest Fresno. Responding officers found 37-year-old Xavier Gladney with a gunshot wound; he was taken to Community Regional Medical Center and pronounced dead. A 13-year-old juvenile at the scene was later treated at a hospital for a non-life-threatening gunshot wound.

Homicide detectives have named 33-year-old Darren Williams as the suspect and obtained a warrant charging him with murder and assault with a deadly weapon. Investigators say Gladney and Williams shared an extensive criminal history and that the shooting grew out of a gang-related interpersonal dispute. Authorities say Williams remains at large and are asking the public for help locating him.

The shooting follows another nearby fatal shooting less than two weeks earlier; police stress both victims were targeted because of gang affiliations and deny any connection to international figures cited in social media. Anyone with information is asked to contact homicide detectives or Crime Stoppers.