Photo: Dominic Thompson
FONTANA – A call came in on June 30th near 3:30 PM, referencing a subject in a serious state of
physical distress. Fontana Police Department Officers dispatched to the 14600 block of Woodland Ave. encountered a subject who needed immediate attention and was having trouble breathing.
When officers arrived, they found that an altercation had occurred which led to the victim needing immediate medical assistance.
Officers learned that there had been a verbal altercation between the victim, an anonymous 21-year-old black male adult from Fontana and the suspect, ID’d as Dominic Thompson (26) a black male adult, also from Fontana.
When the verbal altercation turned physical, “the victim sustained head and body trauma. The victim
was transported to an area hospital where he succumbed to his injuries from the altercation with
Thompson,” said Officer Kevin Anderson.
Thompson was interviewed by Fontana Police Detectives, arrested for Homicide, and booked at West
Valley Detention Center.
