The man accused of killing his own cousin during a shooting in Northwest Fresno appeared in court Friday, pleading not guilty.
The victim’s loved ones were also there, they say they are heartbroken and in shock and still don’t know what could have motivated the crime.
34-year-old Gerrick Franklin plead not guilty to allegedly shooting and killing his own cousin, 33-year-old Tyler Hamon.
“It’s a slap in the face, the least he can do is admit his guilt apologize to his kids if anything,” says Jessica Edwards, mother of Hamon’s children.
The homicide happened just after midnight in Northwest Fresno back on November 1st. Police say five shots rang out at the Windscape Apartments on Nees and Poplar Avenues, when they arrived, they found Hamon inside his bedroom with a gunshot wound in his back.
“Not guilty? How are you not guilty you had enough time to drive to his apartment, enough time to put a pin in, to think about this, park your car, walk up some steps, not guilty? You knew what you were doing. It’s premeditated,” said Krishna Hamon, the victim’s sister.