August 22, 2025 – Fresno Police Department officials report that on Tuesday, August 19, 2025, at 3:55 pm, Southwest Policing District officers responded to the intersection of Orchard Avenue and Grant Avenue regarding a male down in the roadway. On arrival, officers discovered 31-year-old Cecil Deloney, who was unresponsive. Deloney was lying in the roadway with an apparent stab wound to his upper body. Deloney was transported to CRMC for treatment, where he was later pronounced deceased by medical staff.
During their investigation, homicide detectives have interviewed multiple witnesses who reported seeing several male subjects chase Victim Deloney to the intersection before physically assaulting him. Preliminary information also indicates Deloney was a member of the unhoused community…