The two men fatally shot outside a Yuba City convenience store late Sunday were identified Tuesday by the Sutter County Coroner’s Office, sheriff’s officials said.
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The men were identified as Fernando Cortez, 21, and Moses Mendoza, 18, both of Yuba City. The two were shot outside the 7-Eleven store in the 900 block of Market Street, Yuba City police said. Investigators believe a fight preceded the shootings.
Officers responded just before 11 p.m. Sunday to multiple reports of gunfire and a fight outside the store and found Cortez dead at the scene. Mendoza, who was critically wounded, was taken to a hospital, where he later died, police said.
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A third man, 19, walked into a hospital with a gunshot wound to his hand, police said.
No arrests have been made, and police continue to investigate the fatal shootings.
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