MODESTO – Officials credited collaboration between agencies and police technology, leading to the arrest of a man wanted in connection to an early morning shooting in Turlock.
At about 3:30am officers with the Turlock Police Department were called to a report of a person shot near Lander Avenue and Highway 99. The victim, identified as 18 year old Jose Tamayo-Morales of Modesto, was found with a gunshot wound. An officer began providing aid and CPR, but the victim died at the scene.
Detectives investigating the shooting learned that the victim was involved in an altercation with the suspect. Through witness statements and the collection of physical evidence, the suspect and his vehicle were identified…