FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – Saturday marks the 33rd anniversary of the day seven people were killed when two gunmen opened fire inside Carrillo’s Club in southeast Fresno, in what remains one of the city’s deadliest mass shootings.
The shooting happened around 2 a.m. Sunday, May 16, 1993, as the nightclub near Kings Canyon Boulevard and Temperance Avenue was closing. Investigators said two armed men entered the bar and began firing, according to the Fresno Bee.
Those killed, as reported, included club owner Reyes “Ray” Carrillo; his mother, Rachel Carrillo; and his half-brother, Alfredo Carrillo. Marciano Perez, a cook at the club, and his wife, Alicia Duenas Perez, were also killed. Bouncer Rudolfo “Rudy” Sanchez and employee Mary Ruiz also died in the shooting.
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A security guard escaped through a back door during the gunfire. Marie Carrillo, the owner’s wife, was shot in the legs but managed to flee the building and seek help from a neighbor. Rosemary Fox was also wounded and hospitalized.
Reports from the Fresno Bee say investigators later identified Johnnie Malarkey as one of the gunmen. In 1998, Malarkey confessed to the killings as part of a plea agreement that spared him from the death penalty. He was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
At the time of the confession, Malarkey was already serving a 25-year sentence connected to other crimes committed in 1993, including the killing of a tax examiner and the shooting of a Fresno Police officer…