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Visalia College Football Coach Billy Wright Shot Dead By Father Wednesday Night In Fresno

FRESNO COUNTY, CA. (THECOUNT) — William ‘Billy’ Wright, a belove Valley college football coach, was shot to death by his father at a Fresno County, California family gathering on Wednesday night.

Wright, 31, was visiting his family in Fresno, when he and his father – of the same name – got into an altercation Wednesday night.

According to reports, the father brandished a handgun and opened fire his son, striking him in the chest.

The son was transported to an are hospital where he was later pronounced dead of gunshot injuries.

Billy Wright was a football coach at the College of the Sequoias in Visalia and Reedley College.

Fresno police say his father, 52-year-old William Wright, remained at the scene after the shooting until officers arrived. He was arrested and booked into the Fresno County Jail where he is facing charges of murder.

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Geo quick facts: Fresno County, officially the County of Fresno, is a county located in the central portion of the U.S. state of California. As of July 1, 2019, the population was 999,101. The county seat is Fresno, the fifth most populous city in California – Wikipedia.

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