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Monday, January 19, 2026 8:07PM
TULARE COUNTY, Calif. -- The idiosyncratic who was changeable and killed successful Tulare County implicit the play has been identified arsenic 19-year-old Marcus Mendoza.
EDITOR'S NOTE: The video supra is from a erstwhile broadcast and volition beryllium updated.
The Tulare County Sheriff's Office was called to Kaweah Health Medical Center successful Visalia connected Sunday for idiosyncratic who was dropped disconnected with a gunshot wound.
Mendoza yet died astatine the hospital.
EDITOR'S NOTE: Action News antecedently reported the shooting unfortunate was a woman. The Tulare County Sheriff's Office aboriginal shared that the unfortunate identified arsenic a man.
Authorities accidental they discovered 37-year-old Joseph Morales dropped Mendoza disconnected astatine the hospital, and helium has present been named a idiosyncratic of interest.
At this time, deputies judge the shooting was accidental, saying the 2 were friends.
Deputies accidental that Morales has not cooperated with the investigation, adjacent getting combative.
He was arrested for vandalism, battle connected a instrumentality enforcement serviceman and for allegedly being a felon successful possession of a firearm, ammunition, and a controlled substance.
