Overview
- Richard Hocking, 93, called 911 shortly after 12:20 a.m. Saturday to report he shot his spouse in a shopping center parking lot near Mowry Avenue and Blacow Road.
- Responding officers found his 86-year-old wife dead in the passenger seat and recovered a firearm inside the vehicle.
- Hocking was taken into custody, transported to the Fremont Police Department, and gave detectives a statement about his reasoning that authorities have not detailed publicly.
- He was booked into Santa Rita Jail on suspicion of murder with a firearm enhancement and is being held without bail, with arraignment scheduled for Wednesday morning, according to jail records.
- Fremont police say the killing appears to be an isolated incident, identify it as the city’s first homicide of 2026, and ask anyone with information to contact investigators.