Woman arrested after Ewell's Bar shooting in Fresno, police say

FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – A woman was arrested on Friday after allegedly shooting and killing a man at a bar in Fresno over the weekend, the Fresno Police Department announced.

Officers say on April 14 at 1:51 a.m. they responded to Ewell’s Bat at Shaw Avenue and Marks Avenue for a report of a gunshot victim.

Upon arrival at the scene, officers found 38-year-old Gilberto Gutierrez in front of the bar, suffering from a gunshot wound. Officers and Emergency Medical Services performed life-saving measures at the scene and he was transported to the Community Regional Medical Center in Fresno; he died shortly after arriving at the hospital.

Homicide detectives say that the victim was trying to defuse a verbal altercation outside the bar between his friend and another group. The incident turned into a physical fight and 26-year-old Domonique Jones armed herself with a handgun and fatally shot Gutierrez.

26-year-old Domonique Jones (image courtesy of the Fresno Police Department)

The Fresno Police Department says they arrested Jones on Friday and she will be booked into the Fresno County Jail on suspicion of homicide.