Location: Road 144 and Avenue 228, Tulare

Incident Date: 5/30/18

Incident Time: 0830 hours

Case Number: 18-07175

Victim: Adam Hernandez, 41

City: Tulare

Posted by: Media Relations

Just before 8:30 a.m. on May 30, 2018, deputies responded to a report of a gunshot wound victim in the area of Road 144 and Avenue 228, east of Tulare. When they arrived, they found paramedics performing CPR on the victim, Adam Hernandez, 41. Hernandez was taken to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead. 

Investigators say Hernandez and his son were sitting inside a pick-up truck when they got out of the vehicle and an argument took place with the suspect(s). That is when someone pulled out a gun and shot Hernandez. 

If anyone has any information, please contact the Tulare County Sheriff's Violent Crimes Unit at 559-733-6218.

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