Crime & Safety
Coachella Valley Shooting Suspect Held On $1 Million Bail
Ramiro Reyes was arrested Friday on suspicion of firing a short-barreled shotgun multiple times at a man standing in a Coachella front yard.
COACHELLA VALLEY, CA — A 20-year-old man was being held in lieu of $1 million Monday for allegedly shooting multiple times at a man standing in a Coachella front yard.
Ramiro Reyes of Coachella was arrested Friday on suspicion of attempted murder and being in possession of a short-barreled shotgun, according to the Riverside County Sheriff's Department.
He was booked into the John J. Benoit Detention Center in Indio.
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Sheriff's deputies responded around 3:30 p.m. Friday to the 50-900 block of Chiapas Drive in Coachella to reports of the shooting, which targeted a man standing in his front yard, authorities said.
The man was not injured.
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Investigators identified Reyes as a suspect in the shooting and served a warrant at his home, where he was arrested without incident. According to the sheriff's department, authorities searched his home and found a short- barreled, sawed-off shotgun.
