Update: Victim ID’d in second fatal shooting within a week on south Modesto street
Update: The victim in Sunday night’s fatal shooting in the airport neighborhood was 20-year-old Dessery Becerra of Modesto, police reported. No other information on the case was released.
Original story: For the second time in less than a week, Modesto police are investigating a fatal shooting in the Larkin Avenue area of the airport neighborhood.
According to a Facebook post Monday morning, officers responded just before midnight Sunday to a shooting in the area of Larkin and Empire avenues. There, they found a victim suffering at least one gunshot wound. The Stanislaus County Coroner’s Office said the victim was a female adult.
Lifesaving measures were performed, but the woman was pronounced dead at the scene. No additional information was immediately released.
The Monday night before, Dec. 14, an 18-year-old was shot inside a home at 1626 Larkin Ave. Lisandro Mendez was taken to a hospital, where he died.
Another man, 24-year-old Darren Joseph Lee Womack, showed up at a hospital a short time later also suffering from a gunshot wound, according to Modesto Police.
After being treated and released from the hospital, Womack was arrested on suspicion of Mendez’s murder.
Authorities have not said whether the two shot each other or if anyone else is suspected to be involved.
Womack remained in custody without bail Monday morning, facing charges of homicide, with an enhancement for using a gun, and burglary. He is scheduled to be arraigned in Stanislaus County Superior Court on Tuesday afternoon.
We will have more information on Sunday’s shooting as it is available.
This story was originally published December 21, 2020 at 7:23 AM.
