Police release images of suspect in Fresno stabbing death

$10,000 reward offered in the murder of 68-year-old Sikh convenience store clerk.



In Fresno, police are asking for the public's help identifying a suspect in the murder of 68-year-old Sikh convenience store clerk on New Year's Day. The fatal attack is being investigated as a possible hate crime.

Hate crime not ruled out in Fresno slaying of Sikh store clerk

Gurcharan Singh Gill was found stabbed to death at the Shields Express Market in central Fresno last Friday afternoon. According to police, surveillance video shows the teenage suspect luring Gill to a counter before stabbing him and knocking him to the ground. Gill died of his wounds minutes later.

Fresno police investigating hate crime attack on Sikh man

Attackers yelled "Why are you here?"



In Fresno, police are offering a reward for information leading to the arrest of two men who hit a 68-year-old Sikh man with their truck, then beat him on the street, yelling, "Why are you here?"

Fresno police investigate beating of Sikh man as hate crime

Amrik Singh Bal, who wears a turban and beard in observance of his Sikh faith, was standing at an intersection in west-central Fresno, waiting for a ride to work early Saturday morning when two men in a car started yelling obscenities at him. Bal tried to cross the street to get away, but the attackers backed up the car and hit him. Then they got out and beat Bal before fleeing the scene.

During the attack, one of the suspects asked him, "Why are you here?"

Reward offered in killing of USC students

In Los Angeles, police have announced a $125,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person who murdered USC graduate students Ming Qu and Ying Wu.

Reward offered for leads in USC killings.

According to investigators, their murders may have been a robbery gone wrong, noting that some of their property is missing. According to witnesses, the assailant was a person in dark clothing who got away in an dark-colored car: