MODESTO, CA - Homicide detectives hope an image of a pick-up truck captured on a business security camera will aid them in their effort to solve a Feb. 2 murder.

The victim, 54-year-old Atour Daoud, was found shot dead in his vehicle at the intersection of W. Hatch Road and Dallas Street in south Modesto about 8 p.m. that Saturday night, said police Sgt. Rick Applegate. Emergency medical personnel determined Daoud had been shot once.

Investigators would like to find the driver of a white Ford Ranger pickup, model year 2000,s that was seen in the area and may be able to provide information about the shooting. The time stamp on the photograph is 8:09 p.m.

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MODESTO, Calif. - Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the fatal shooting of a 20-year-old man in Modesto on Thursday.

Modesto Police Department Lieutenant Rick Armendariz said officers were dispatched to the 2400 block of Vera Cruz Dr. in northeast Modesto around 8:38 p.m. in response to the shooting. Upon arrival, the officers located the man suffering from several gunshot wounds. Police immediately began CPR until paramedics arrived and transported the man to a nearby hospital where he later died of his injuries.

Preliminary findings in the ensuing investigation revealed the shooting appeared to be gang related and stemmed from an argument between the man and a group of individuals, said Armendariz.

MODESTO, CA - A popular area for runners and joggers in Modesto has been the scene of two recent sexual assaults, police say.

Two reports of a individual in his late teens fondling women were received Jan. 18, said Ivan Valencia, Modesto Police Department spokesman. The first victim reported she was running along Virginia Corridor near the pedestrian footbridge crossing W. Briggsmore Avenue just before 4 p.m. that Friday when a teen running behind her came up and put his arms around her. He then proceeded to fondle her, she told police. She said she told him over and over to let her go and she was eventually able to break free and yell for help. The teen separated and walked away, she reported.

A little over two hours later, at about 6:14 p.m., another woman running along the path was grabbed by a male and fondled, Valencia said. She pushed him off and he ran off on westbound Granger Avenue.