Party shooting leaves a teen dead and 2 others wounded

One person is dead and two others shot when a fight breaks out at a party in Coachella early Saturday morning.

According to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department, at 1:05 a.m. officers from the Coachella Police Department responded to the 84-000 block of Pedro Drive, regarding a large party where several subjects were fighting and shots were heard in the area.

Deputies arrived at the location and found a 16-year-old teenage boy dead from an apparent gun shot wound. A woman and two other men sustained gunshot wounds and were transported and treated at a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

Investigators from the Coachella Police Department and the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department’s Central Homicide Unit responded to the location and assumed the investigation.

The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department is encouraging anyone with information regarding this investigation to contact Investigator Dusek 760-393-3522 or Investigator Button of the Central Homicide Unit at 760-393-3531