38-year-old Antonio Espinoza Arrested After Altercation Wounds Man in Southeast Fresno

Antonio Espinoza, 38, was taken into custody by the Fresno County Sheriff’s Office on Feb. 26, 2026, in connection with a shooting that wounded a man in southeast Fresno two days earlier. Deputies linked Espinoza to the incident after investigators reviewed the altercation that left a person struck by gunfire on Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026.

Deputies say the shooting occurred during an altercation on Feb. 24 in southeast Fresno and that a man was struck by gunfire during that confrontation. The sheriff’s office identified the timeline of events as beginning with the Feb. 24 altercation and culminating in the reported wounding of the male victim, whose name has not been released by deputies.

The Fresno County Sheriff’s Office arrested 38-year-old Antonio Espinoza on Feb. 26, 2026, on charges connected to the Feb. 24 shooting, according to the agency. Sheriff’s deputies handled the arrest and attributed the connection between Espinoza and the southeast Fresno shooting to their investigation into the altercation that produced the gunfire.

The sequence of events centers on southeast Fresno: an altercation on Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026, that resulted in a man being struck by gunfire, followed by the arrest of Antonio Espinoza by the Fresno County Sheriff’s Office on Feb. 26, 2026. Deputies have identified the victim as a man and named Espinoza, 38, as the person arrested in connection with that gunfire.