Police arrest 19-year-old in deadly downtown Fresno shooting

Fresno police have arrested 19-year-old Kamyah Bolden in connection with the fatal March 20 shooting that killed 38-year-old Meharie Kidane outside Sun Stereo Warehouse near Fulton and Inyo streets, a case that shook Fresno’s Brewery District and left residents waiting for answers.

Officers responded around 11:16 p.m. to the area outside 736 Fulton Street, where they found Kidane suffering from gunshot wounds. He was taken to Community Regional Medical Center, where he later died. Detectives took Bolden into custody on April 9, giving investigators a major break in a case that had remained open for weeks.

Police say the violence began as a fight inside the venue and then moved outside. Fresno Police Chief Mindy Casto said the party had been advertised on social media and about 600 tickets had been sold. About 300 people were inside when the fight broke out, and security guards cleared people from the building before the shooting happened after the crowd spilled onto the street.

The setting has only sharpened concern about downtown nightlife and crowd control. Sun Stereo Warehouse is a historic building in the Brewery District, dating to 1913 and listed on the Local Register of Historic Places. The site has long been part of Fresno’s commercial core, with past uses including a warehouse and a hardware company before later renovation into a mixed-use events space.

Police have not said what charges Bolden will face or whether investigators believe anyone else was involved. Fresno police asked witnesses to contact homicide detectives N. Carr and J. Baroni or submit tips through Crime Stoppers as the case moves forward. For downtown businesses, workers and late-night patrons, the arrest does not erase the shooting’s impact, but it does mark the first clear accountability step in a death that unfolded in the middle of one of Fresno’s most visible entertainment corridors.