TEMECULA, CA — A convicted felon accused of shooting and wounding two men during a confrontation in the parking lot of a Temecula business was charged Wednesday with two counts of attempted murder and other offenses.
Terrance Marquis Sherman, 25, of Temecula was arrested in the predawn hours Sunday following a Riverside County Sheriff’s Department investigation into the alleged attack in the 27000 block of Jefferson Avenue, just west of Interstate 15.
Along with attempted murder, Sherman is charged with two counts of firearm assault and one count of being a felon in possession of a loaded gun, as well as sentence-enhancing gun and great bodily injury allegations.
The defendant, who is being held in lieu of $1 million bail at the Byrd Detention Center, was slated to make his initial court appearance Wednesday afternoon at the Southwest Justice Center in Murrieta.
According to sheriff’s Sgt. Chris Mattson, shortly before 2 a.m. Sunday, Sherman and two men, whose identities were not disclosed, were involved in an unspecified physical altercation in the parking lot along Jefferson.
After the encounter, the defendant got into his car, and as he was driving away, opened fire with a pistol, hitting both victims, Mattson alleged.
He said witnesses called 911 and patrol deputies converged on the location minutes later, locating the two men with gunshot wounds. They were taken to a regional trauma center for treatment and are expected to fully recover.
The sergeant said deputies quickly found Sherman parked nearby and took him into custody without incident.
Court records show the defendant has prior felony convictions in another jurisdiction for which he served time in state prison. However, the offenses weren’t listed.
