A Riverside County sheriff’s deputy and a gunman were hospitalized after exchanging fire in a Wednesday night shootout, authorities said.
A Riverside County sheriff's deputy and a gunman were hospitalized after exchanging fire in a Wednesday night shootout, authorities said. Deputies arrived at Ramon and Robert roads in the unincorporated Thousand Palms area around 7:10 p.m. Wednesday to find a suspect in a felony hit-and-run case. When they tried to detain the driver of a car at the scene, a passenger in the vehicle began shooting at deputies, according to the Riverside County Sheriff's Office.
The driver of the car was arrested and booked on an outstanding felony warrant. The sheriff's office declined to release the name of the deputy who was shot. A law enforcement source who was not authorized to speak publicly told The Times that the deputy was in the office's field training program, meaning the deputy was either a new academy graduate or was being transferred from a correctional facility to patrol duty.
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