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By Bill McEwen, News Director
Published 2 months ago on
July 16, 2025

Fresno homicide victim Julian Garcia, 27, left, and murder suspect Raymond Ornelas Torres, 41. Torres was located Monday, July 14, 2025, in Indio by Riverside County Sherriff's deputies and is being brought to Fresno. (GV Wire Composite).

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Fresno police say they have arrested the prime suspect in last month’s murder of 27-year-old Julian Garcia.

Riverside Sheriff’s Office deputies found Raymond Ornelas Torres, 41, in Indio on Monday and detained him. Fresno detectives later interviewed and arrested Torres.

According to Fresno PD, Torres is being transported to Fresno and will be booked into jail on murder charges.

Details of the Killing

Police say that Garcia shot and killed Torres during an argument near Plumas and Lorena avenues on June 20.

Officers from the Southwest Policing District responded to a ShotSpotter activation indicating three rounds fired near there at 2:09 a.m. While enroute to the scene, they received a report of a gunshot victim in a nearby parking lot.

Garcia was discovered there unresponsive with a gunshot wound to the upper body.

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Although an arrest has been made in this case, detectives ask anyone with information regarding this case to provide it to authorities.

Tipsters can remain anonymous by contacting Crime Stoppers at (559)498-STOP (7867). You may also contact homicide detective R. Montoya at (559) 621-2449 or detective M. Moreno at (559) 621-2443.

 

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Bill McEwen is news director and columnist for GV Wire. He joined GV Wire in August 2017 after 37 years at The Fresno Bee. With The Bee, he served as Opinion Editor, City Hall reporter, Metro columnist, sports columnist and sports editor through the years. His work has been frequently honored by the California Newspapers Publishers Association, including authoring first-place editorials in 2015 and 2016. Bill and his wife, Karen, are proud parents of two adult sons, and they have two grandsons. You can contact Bill at 559-492-4031 or at Send an Email

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