Authorities Identify Man Killed In Thermal Shooting
A 47-year-old man who was fatally shot while pumping gas in Thermal was identified today as a local resident.
Rafael Ochoa Madrigal of Thermal was pronounced dead at 4:56 p.m. Friday at the Apple Market at 56491 Highway 111, according to the Riverside County coroner’s office.
The assailant who gunned down Madrigal just after 4:40 p.m. Friday while he was pumping gas remains at large, said Sgt. Michael Lujan of the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department.
Investigators did not release a motive for the shooting.
The suspect was described as a Latino man between 29 and 33 years old, with short brown hair and a receding hair line. He is between 5 feet 7 and 5 feet 8 inches tall, according to Lujan.
He was last seen driving away in a dark mid-sized sedan with tinted windows, possibly a 1990s Nissan Maxima.
