Palm Desert, Indio Search Warrants Lead To Shooting Arrest

Palm Desert CA

23 March, 2021

5:42 PM

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INDIO, CA — Search warrants served in Palm Desert and Indio led to the arrest Tuesday of a man suspected of opening fire on a vehicle in Coachella last month. Andrew Flores, 24, of Indio was booked at the John Benoit Detention Center in Indio on suspicion of assault with a firearm and shooting at an occupied vehicle. Bail information was not immediately available. The Feb. 3 shooting was reported in the 45-700 block of Dillon Road, according to the Riverside County Sheriff's Department. It's unclear whether anyone was injured. Sgt. Mariano Matos III said sheriff's deputies served search warrants at multiple homes located in the cities of Indio and Palm Desert Tuesday morning in connection with the investigation. But investigators did not specify what led them to pinpoint Flores as the suspect. Flores has felony convictions in Riverside County, including for possession of a controlled substance for sale and possession of a controlled substance while armed.