Crime & Safety
Fairfield Police Ask For Help Identifying Alleged Shooter Of 2
Police are asking for the public's help to identify a man wanted in connection with a shooting Monday morning in a Fairfield parking lot.
FAIRFIELD - Police are asking for the public's help to identify a man wanted in connection with a shooting Monday morning in a Fairfield parking lot that injured two people.
Around 11:40 a.m., a police officer who was in the 1700 block of North Texas Street was conducting a traffic enforcement stop when they heard gunshots nearby, according to police.
Citizens told the officer a gunshot victim was on the other side of a building just north of the traffic stop.
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Upon arrival, officers found two people suffering from gunshot wounds. The two victims were taken to a hospital, police said.
One of the victim's, a 20-year-old man from Olivehurst in Yuba County, suffered several gunshot wounds and remains in critical condition, according to police.
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The second victim, a 44-year-old Fairfield resident, was an innocent bystander. That victim also suffered from several gunshot wounds, but has been upgraded to stable condition, police said.
After a preliminary investigation, officers determined the shooting was a result of a dispute between the suspect and the 20-year-old man who is in critical condition.
When the two confronted each other in a parking lot, an exchange of gunfire occurred, police said. After the shooting, the suspect fled in a vehicle, heading north on North Texas Street.
The suspect is described as a black man in his mid 20s, about 5 feet 10 inches tall, weighing about 200 pounds.
He was wearing a dark orange and white long sleeved plaid shirt and blue jeans, according to police.
The suspect vehicle is described as a late 1990s or early 2000s white Lexus ES300.
The suspect is considered armed and dangerous, police said.
Police were able to obtain surveillance images of him and are asking anyone with information about his identity to contact the Fairfield Police Department Major Crimes Unit at (707) 428-7600, the police's 24-hour Tip Line at (707) 428-7345 or Crime Stoppers at (707) 644-7867.
-Bay City News, images via Fairfield Police Department