A woman who was shot earlier this week at a smoke shop in Clovis has died, police said Saturday, turning the investigation into a homicide case.

The Fresno County Coroner’s Office identified the victim as 36-year-old Gurpreet Marahar of Clovis.

Clovis police officers received reports of a shooting just before 6:30 p.m. at the Clovis Hookah & Cigarette smoke shop in the area of Shaw and Fowler avenues.

Officers arrived and found Marahar, who was taken to Community Regional Medical Center. She died from her injuries on Friday, police said.

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An armed suspect entered a smoke shop in Clovis and shot a person before fleeing the scene Tuesday night. The victim was rushed to a local hospital. A suspect has been arrested, police said in an update Wednesday. Larry Valenzuela The Fresno Bee

Officers arrested 27-year-old Harmanpreet Singh of Fresno. He is accused of shooting Marahar, a clerk at the shop with whom he had been in a dating relationship.

Singh was arrested shortly after midnight Wednesday at his home and booked on charges of attempted murder, domestic violence and felony firearm charges. Police added a murder charge.

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