SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIF. — On Monday, May 21, 2018, at 8:14 p.m., Sheriff’s Dispatch received a call from a person who stated he was on an open phone line with the victim. The victim told the reporting party that she was going to meet with the suspect, an ex-boyfriend, in a remote location.
The reporting party was concerned because he could hear the female screaming and he believed she was being assaulted. The reporting party could also hear a male, making statements that he was in possession of a gun. Dispatch was advised that the subjects were in a dirt field in the area of Yucca Trail and La Contenta Road.
When deputies from the Morongo Basin Sheriff’s Station arrived, they saw the victim and suspect in a dirt field standing outside a vehicle. As deputies attempted to contact them, the suspect shot the victim in the upper body. A deputy-involved shooting occurred and the suspect fled the location on foot.
Additional deputies arrived on scene, as deputies were searching the desert area for the suspect, they located him near a bush and a second deputy-involved shooting occurred. The suspect was struck by gunfire and pronounced deceased at the scene. Emergency medical personnel transported the victim to a local area hospital for treatment of gunshot wounds. The victim was pronounced deceased at approximately 9:35 pm.
Investigators from the Sheriff’s Specialized Investigations Division – Homicide Detail responded to the location and are currently conducting the investigation.
The motive for the shooting is under investigation.
