Location: 19200 block of Avenue 148, Poplar

Incident Date: 4/30/18

Incident Time: 0001 hours

Case Number: 18-05729

Victim: Confidential victim

City: Poplar

Posted by: Media Relations

Tulare County Sheriff’s Deputies and Detectives were called to Sierra View Hospital, in Porterville, to investigate a report of an assault with a deadly weapon. 

Upon arrival, Deputies and Detectives contacted the victim. The victim advised he was in the 19200 block of Avenue 148, in Poplar, to meet with a subject who responded to a Craigslist ad. The victim stated during the contact, the subject got into a physical altercation with him.

The victim stated during the altercation he heard a gunshot and received an injury to his hand. The victim was transported to Sierra View Hospital for treatment of his injury which was determined to be non-life threatening and he was later released.

This case is currently under investigation by the Tulare County Sheriff’s Office Investigations Unit. Anyone with information regarding this case is urged to contact Detective J. Pipkin at the Tulare County Sheriff’s Department at 1-800-808-0488 or anonymously at tcso@tipnow.com or by text or voicemail at 559-725-4194.