Suspect ID’d in Deadly FPD Officer Shooting

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) — The man shot and killed by officers in Northwest Fresno has been identified.

Family members have identified him as 33-year-old Max Sosa Jr.

Police are investigating a shooting involving officers in Northwest Fresno.

Officers responded to a call just before 5 a..m Saturday at the Dante Apartment complex at Dante and Cornelia Avenues.

Officers say the suspect is dead, and no officers were injured.

Chief Paco Balderrama held a news conference on the incident.

Police shoot and kill man in Northwest FresnoFresno Police Chief Paco Balderrama speaks at a news conferences after officers shot and killed a man Saturday morning.

Balderrama says an altercation happened at the apartments between a couple.

Moments later, police arrived to find a suspect in his 30’s who police say charged at them with a weapon prompting one of the officers to fire his weapon.