Coachella Valley Shooting Suspect Held On $1 Million Bail

Palm Desert CA

13 June, 2022

5:52 PM

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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. 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. 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.