More students, adults arrested in connection to August shooting near McLane High School

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Five students and two adults have been arrested for their involvement in a shooting near McLane High School back on August 21.

Four of the teenagers are students at McLane, and one is a student at Hoover High.

The shooting happened around 3:40 p.m. outside the AutoZone at Cedar and Clinton avenues -- around 30 minutes after school got out.

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"We didn't find any evidence that these guns were brought to school, and that's obviously an avenue that we wanted to investigate," Fresno County Sheriff's Office detective, Michael Sasso said.

Investigators say a large group of students were standing outside the business when a fight broke out.

"A preliminary investigation revealed a 15-year-old boy used a handgun to pistol whip a teenager, a 16-year-old student pulled out a handgun and fired shots as people were leaving the scene," Fresno County Sheriff, John Zanoni explained.

A nearby truck and restaurant were struck by the gunfire but no one was hurt.

"We did determine that this shooting in it of itself was not gang-related," Zanoni said. "There were individuals of gang association involved, but this was rather a personal dispute."

About 30 minutes after the shooting, deputies arrested the 16-year-old gunman, who was found hiding in a nearby neighborhood.

"The next day, we identified a 15-year-old McCane High School student who had taken a gun from one of the suspects for the purpose of hiding it, and he hid it in his residence," Zanoni stated. "Detectives served a search warrant and arrested that teen but did not find the gun."

After multiple search warrants, detectives recovered the two guns involved in the shooting and four additional firearms.

Investigators arrested three more students in the days and weeks following the shooting, as well as 43-year-old Jim Vue and 29-year-old Richie Vue.

Jim was arrested for being a felon is possession of firearms, and Richie for possession of cocaine.

All students have been booked into juvenile hall and are facing gun-related or accessory charges.

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