New evidence revealed in 2024 Thanksgiving shooting

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Investigators painted the representation of a 2024 shooting that turned Thanksgiving into a tragedy, arsenic the lawsuit of Anthony Calderon's decease continued successful tribunal Friday.

The country was seemingly divided successful half.

On 1 side, household and friends of the 3 defendants.

Uniese Brown, Christopher Stanley, and Demarion Hackett are each charged with sidesplitting 22-year-old Calderon.

His household sat conscionable crossed the aisle, hoping to instrumentality their combat for justness guardant into a assemblage proceedings arsenic prosecutors began calling witnesses to the stand.

Fresno Police transgression country researcher Matt Schaefer walked prosecutors done the country of the crime.

Evidence showed aerial shots of the country covered successful colored dots, each signifying slug casings recovered by investigators.

With nary known surveillance video from the time of the shooting this ocular served arsenic our archetypal look astatine what constabulary initially called a "reckless and brutal attack."

"Initially we located 28 casings astatine the northbound extremity of the country successful beforehand of the vacant lot, and past successful beforehand of the complex's bluish astir driveway determination were an further 27," said Shafer.

More than 50 shots were fired that nighttime with respective antithetic types of casings discovered.

On Thursday, 1 witnesser that was with Calderon astatine the clip of the shooting testified that helium fired backmost astatine the alleged attackers with shots of his own.

Leading the defence to question if the sources of the casings person been decently identified.

"You don't know, Mr. Schaefer, however galore guns were really fired, bash you," asked defence lawyer Miles Harris.

"I bash not, no," replied Shafer.

"You don't cognize who fired those guns, bash you," Harris erstwhile again asked.

"No I bash not," Shafer responded.

Evidence says a mag was recovered adjacent the scene, that investigators chose not to fingerprint, prompting Harris to property Schaefer implicit the processing of the transgression scene.

"Okay, truthful the detective connected the country knew that this mag was recovered from wrong the residence and said 'oh, don't interest astir investigating that one,' right," Harris asked.

"Correct," Shafer confirmed.

The justice has not yet decided whether oregon not the lawsuit volition spell to trial.

As it stands, some sides volition hole their arguments earlier a instrumentality to tribunal adjacent Monday.