Man dies after shooting at northwest Fresno apartment complex

A shooting at the Reflections Apartment Complex in northwest Fresno left 19-year-old Edgar Hernandez dead and sent homicide detectives back to a property that has already seen another fatal shooting this year.

Fresno police responded Tuesday evening, June 23, to reports of a gunshot in the area of West Barstow Avenue and North Brawley Avenue. Officers were first sent to the complex at about 8:04 p.m. and did not immediately find evidence of a shooting. About 20 minutes later, investigators learned the victim was inside an apartment, where they found Hernandez suffering from an apparent gunshot wound to his upper body.

Hernandez was taken to Community Regional Medical Center, where he later died. His death turned the case into a homicide investigation in a dense residential part of northwest Fresno, where neighbors and nearby residents were left to sort through the fear and uncertainty that follows a shooting inside an apartment complex.

Homicide detectives later determined that a 13-year-old boy was responsible for the shooting. Police arrested the juvenile on a manslaughter charge, and the case will remain in the juvenile justice system. No weapon type or motive was immediately released, and police have not said publicly what led up to the shooting.

The Reflections complex is not a new name in Fresno’s recent violence. In March, another man, 32-year-old Shannon Ivory, was shot and killed there. Police later said neither man from that earlier incident lived at the complex, adding to questions about who is coming and going from the property and how often violence is spilling into spaces meant for families, tenants and visitors.

For residents near Shaw and Brawley avenues, the latest killing deepened concerns about safety at a place many people pass every day. A shooting in an apartment complex does more than draw patrol cars and detectives; it changes how neighbors use hallways, parking lots and common areas, and it leaves an entire building waiting for answers that only an investigation can provide.