Riverside County deputy hospitalized, suspect dead after shooting in Coachella
A Riverside County sheriff’s deputy was hospitalized after a shooting that left another person dead Friday night.
The shooting occurred around 6:30 p.m. in the 51700 block of Cesar Chavez Street in Coachella, said Sgt. Brandi Swann, a spokeswoman for the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department.
COACHELLA: Deputy Involved Shooting • 51700 block of Cesar Chavez. Deputy injured and transported to local hospital for treatment. More information to follow.
— Riverside County Sheriff's Dept (@RSO) January 29, 2022
Swann confirmed that a deputy was shot and hospitalized and that the suspect had died.
Further information was not available Friday night.
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Gregory Yee was a reporter for the Los Angeles Times. Before joining the newsroom in 2021, he spent five years covering criminal justice and breaking news for the Post and Courier in Charleston, S.C. He was a native Southern Californian and graduated from UC Irvine in 2012 with a degree in journalism and Spanish literature. Yee died Jan. 4, 2023.
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