On the morning of June 8, 2023, at about 7:30 a.m., a shooting near the intersection of Geneva and Lorena Avenues in southwest Fresno left 43-year-old Ibrahim Muhammad dead and a 57-year-old woman wounded. Officers responding to a ShotSpotter activation found both victims; Muhammad later died at Community Regional Medical Center while the woman remained in critical but stable condition. Investigators concluded Muhammad was the intended target and the woman was an unintended bystander who happened to be nearby.

Detectives initially had no suspect information and canvassed the neighborhood for witnesses and surveillance footage. They later identified 27-year-old Malik Nichols as the suspect. Nichols, described as an active gang member on parole for assault with a deadly weapon, was already in custody at the Fresno County Jail on an unrelated shooting when he was charged on July 31, 2023, with Muhammad’s murder and the shooting of the woman. Anyone with information is urged to contact the Fresno Police Department or Crime Stoppers at (559) 498-STOP.