FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- Emotions boiled over in a Fresno County courtroom as a convicted killer learned his fate on Thursday.

Joe Gomez Jr. rushed to the back of the courtroom as the victim's son hurled threats from the gallery, an area Action News cannot show.

A jury convicted Gomez Jr. last year, finding him guilty of murdering Israel Trevino Jr. outside a Parlier home in 2021.

"You couldn't take me, huh? Huh, motherf*****? Huh? Huh?" Trevino Jr.'s son shouted at Gomez Jr.

"That was my dad! That was my dad! Motherf*****. I'm going to f****** hunt you, and when you come out, I'm going to eat your f****** heart!"

The man's family struggled to restrain him, pulling on his shirt as he appeared ready to jump over the railing.

For more than two minutes, deputies scrambled.

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