Riverside County

Man Sought in Attempted Homicide in Desert Hot Springs

A SWAT team was unable to locate the shooter who wounded another man.

Authorities were searching for a man who shot another man in Riverside County early Friday morning.

Deputies from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department were called to the 16-200 block of Avenida Ramada in south Desert Hot Springs about 6:30 a.m. When they arrived, they found a man with a life-threatening gunshot wound.

Witnesses told investigators that the armed suspect ran into a nearby house. A SWAT team searched the house and scoured the area, but the shooter could not be located, according to a statement.

Deputies identified the shooter as Eric Deshon Brown. He was described as a 33-year-old man about 6 feet tall, weighing 180 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes.

Anyone with information regarding the investigation was asked to contact the sheriff’s Palm Desert station at 760-863-1675.
 

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