Modesto recorded zero homicides in 2025, marking the city’s first year without a killing in at least four decades, according ...

(FOX40.COM) — For the first time in recent memory, the Modesto Police Department reports zero homicides for an entire year. Police officials call the milestone almost unheard of – especially for a ...

Looking over the Modesto arch as the sun sets behind the Diablo Range in January 2024. Editor’s note: The Modesto Bee uses the legal definition of homicide to mean the slaying or killing of one person ...

Police converge on a Modesto neighborhood where an individual was fatally shot Sunday, July 10, 2022. Deke Farrow jfarrow@modbee.com Modesto recorded zero homicides in 2025, marking the city’s first ...

Looking over the Modesto arch as the sun sets behind the Diablo Range in January 2024. Andy Alfaro aalfaro@modbee.com Editor’s note: The Modesto Bee uses the legal definition of homicide to mean the ...

Editor's note: The Modesto Bee uses the legal definition of homicide to mean the slaying or killing of one person by another. By that definition, it includes officer-involved deaths, of which there ...

Joe Estrada speaks at a vigil in Ceres for homicide victim Amari Peterson of Modesto on Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025. Atmika Iyer aiyer@modbee.com Coaches, teammates, classmates and friends of Amari Peterson ...