NewsCrime

Actions

Playing with shotguns, man fatally shoots friend

crime scene tape
Posted
and last updated

TOLLHOUSE, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say a 23-year-old man was shot and killed in central California after a bizarre shooting that began with three friends drinking and shooting each other for fun with rubber bullets.

Fresno County Sheriff deputies who responded to a report of a shooting in the town of Tollhouse performed CPR on Bradly Smith, but he died a short time later.

Sheriff’s spokesman Tony Botti tells the Fresno Bee a friend identified as 30-year-old Elvis Hernandez accidentally fired a shotgun blast at him. Hernandez was arrested.

It wasn't immediately known if he has an attorney who can speak on his behalf.

,

Weather

Daily Forecast

View Hourly Forecast

Day

Conditions

HI / LO

Precip

Friday

11/07/2025

Mostly Sunny

71° / 53°

1%

Saturday

11/08/2025

Sunny

77° / 54°

6%

Sunday

11/09/2025

Sunny

83° / 54°

4%

Monday

11/10/2025

Partly Cloudy

81° / 56°

1%

Tuesday

11/11/2025

Partly Cloudy

81° / 59°

1%

Wednesday

11/12/2025

Partly Cloudy

79° / 57°

0%

Thursday

11/13/2025

PM Showers

71° / 55°

49%

Friday

11/14/2025

Showers

65° / 52°

47%