Man gets life in prison for 2017 double murder in Fresno

FRESNO, Calif. (FOX26) — A man was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the Dec. 14, 2017 murders of two men near Woodward Lakes in Fresno.

26-year-old Gary Perry of Fresno was convicted of killing Brennen Fairhead and Scott Gaffney, as well as the attempted murder of Michael Rackley.

Perry was found guilty in May of two counts of 1st Degree Murder and one count of Attempted Murder as well as enhancements for the personal use of a firearm.

Perry was arrested by the Fresno Police Department the day after the killings.

Evidence presented at trial showed that Perry was in a vehicle in the Woodward Lakes area with all three of the victims when he shot Fairhead and Gaffney multiple times, killing both, and wounded Rackley.

At a news conference, then-Police Chief Jerry Dyer said Perry confessed to the murders after being questioned about the shootings.

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Dyer said Perry took off in the car where the shooting happened but was spotted at a restaurant and later identified from a surveillance video.