Wildomar Man Pleads Not Guilty To Murdering Neighbor

WILDOMAR, CA — A Wildomar man pleaded not guilty Wednesday to first-degree murder and other charges this week. He is accused of gunning down another resident and seriously wounding a woman inside the victim's home, as well as endangering a child at the location, according to court records.

David Rodolfo Jimenez Osornio, 33, was arrested last month following a Riverside County Sheriff's Department investigation into the fatal shooting. He is charged with attempted murder, making criminal threats, child endangerment and sentence-enhancing gun and great bodily injury allegations.

Osornio pleaded not guilty to all charges on Wednesday and denied the sentence enhancements. A felony settlement conference was scheduled for Dec. 1 at the Southwest Justice Center in Murrieta.

He's being held instead of $4,185,000 bail at the Byrd Detention Center.

Shortly after 7 p.m. on Sept. 12, Osornio was involved in an unspecified confrontation with 64-year-old Jesus Monge at his residence in the 24000 block of Orange Street, near Lemon Street, just east of Interstate 15, according to sheriff's Sgt. Alberto Loureiro.

During the encounter, Osornio pulled out a handgun and shot Monge, Loureiro said.

A 56-year-old woman, identified in court documents only as "E.C.," was at the residence and was also shot by the defendant, the sergeant alleged.

Witnesses called 911, and patrol deputies and paramedics arrived minutes later, finding Monge dead and E.C. seriously wounded.

The child, identified only as a girl with the initials "A.C.," was at the property but not struck by gunfire, according to court documents.

"Deputies located the suspect in the area and detained him," Loureiro said.

E.C. was taken to a regional trauma center for treatment and is now in recovery.

A possible motive for the alleged attack was not provided, and there was no word regarding how the defendant and victims knew one another.

Osornio has no documented prior felony convictions in Riverside County.

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