The Kings County Sheriff's Office says 23-year-old Rafael Suarez Ibarra was shot and killed by 23-year-old Samuel Lepez near an orchard near Elder and 12th Avenues.
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Just after 11 am, Kings County sheriff's deputies found a man who had been shot between railroad tracks and the orchard.
Investigators say witnesses were able to give them a detailed description of the suspect, later identified as Lepez.
A plane was used to help track Lepez as deputies chased him on the ground.
"Well, certainly anytime you have somebody running with a gun that just shot someone, yeah, there's definitely going to be a threat. Heading south from here is back into Hanford and there's homes and neighborhoods," explained Sgt. Nate Ferrier.
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Lepez is being held in the Kings County Jail without bail on first-degree murder charges.
Nearby Hanford Christian School was placed on a brief lockdown between the initial call and the arrest.
That lockdown was later lifted.
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