FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Police have identified the victim killed in an east central Fresno Thursday afternoon.
The Fresno Police Department said they found 44-year-old Joese Lopez-Palomar shot several times near Iowa and Backer Avenues around 2 p.m. Thursday.
Officers say the man was shot in the back.
He was rushed to the hospital and died a few hours later.
Detectives said he was outside of his home when he was confronted by a man who shot him.
The shooting forced a nearby school to be placed no lockdown.
Police are asking anyone with information or surveillance video in the neighborhood to come forward.