Fresno police investigate fatal overnight shooting near Dakota, Abby
Keith Breazell, 36, was found in the roadway at East Dakota Avenue and North Abby Street and pronounced dead at the scene. Fresno police say the neighborhood shooting is now the city’s 14th murder of 2026.
Fresno police say a man was shot and killed just after midnight near East Dakota Avenue and North Abby Street, turning a residential block in northeast Fresno into a homicide scene and putting neighbors on alert. Officers were dispatched at about 12:50 a.m. Sunday, July 5, 2026, after a report that a shooting victim was lying in the roadway.
Police identified the victim as 36-year-old Keith Breazell of Fresno. Officers and EMS personnel tried life-saving measures, but Breazell was pronounced dead at the scene. Fresno police said the killing was the 14th murder of 2026.
The shooting happened while a large number of people were gathered at the location for a Fourth of July celebration, which likely means detectives have to sort through a crowd scene with multiple potential witnesses. Fresno police said investigators were canvassing the neighborhood for witnesses, and local reporting said detectives were actively searching for the suspect. One report said Breazell had been shot at least twice.
The police statement placed the shooting squarely at East Dakota Avenue and North Abby Street, an area lined with homes and local streets where an overnight police response would have been hard to miss. Residents in that part of Fresno would have seen blocked roadway access, patrol cars, and a homicide investigation unfolding before daybreak.
Fresno police did not release suspect information in their public statement, and they urged anyone with information to contact homicide detectives or Crime Stoppers at (559) 498-STOP, or 7867. The investigation remains open as detectives work to determine who fired the shots, what led to the killing, and whether the celebration turned deadly after an argument or some other confrontation.
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