On July 23, 2023, at 8:50 p.m., deputies assigned to the Riverside Sheriff’s Perris Station responded to the 300 block of 3rd Street, in Perris, to reports of gunshots heard in the area. When deputies arrived, they located a male suffering from gunshot wounds.
During the course of this investigation, a suspect was identified as Ruben Esquivel, 34 years of Coachella. Esquivel is currently in custody on an unrelated homicide. Today, new charges of Murder, Arson, and Use of a Gun in the Commission of a Felony were filed by the Riverside County District Attorney’s Office.
On July 3, 2023, at approximately 12:44 a.m., deputies from the Moreno Valley Sheriff’s Station responded to a residence in the 26000 block of Coronada Drive in Moreno Valley regarding shots fired during a large party.
On 06/25/23, at 4:40 p.m., deputies assigned to the Cabazon Sheriff’s Station were dispatched to a shooting that occurred on the 1500 block of Elm Street, Cabazon. Upon arriving, deputies located a deceased female victim suffering from a gunshot wound inside a vehicle.
The victim in this case was identified as Gabriel Diaz, 40-year-old resident of Norco. During the course of the investigation, several witnesses were interviewed and the scene was processed for evidence.
Mason Drew Kohler, 31, was booked on felony murder, hit-and-run death, and DUI charges, according to the Riverside County jail roster, which lists a Hemet PD arrest at Palm Avenue and Commonwealth Avenue. Hemet police say two pedestrians on an electric scooter were struck there about 6:55 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 22; one was pronounced dead. Police have not named the driver, and the decedent's identity remains withheld.
The San Jacinto Planning Commission voted 3-0 Tuesday to recommend two sphere-of-influence annexations to the City Council, including Tentative Tract Map 34271 for 151 single-family lots south of Ramona Expressway. Neither file is a completed annexation.
Shooters Sports Bar & Grill at 121 E. Florida Ave. was approved Sept. 22 to open back to full permit status, and the A placard was re-posted. The county report lists a manual score of 92, with no live or dead cockroach activity observed and a surveillance recheck by Sept. 29.