Police investigate shooting mystery near Desert Hot Springs

Police are trying to untangle a shooting mystery near Desert Hot Springs. According to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department, they got a call around 8:45 Tuesday night that a man approached a parked ambulance and said he had been shot.

The ambulance was parked at the Desert Dunes Golf Club on the 19-300 block of Palm Drive. According to Deputy Mike Vasquez, the victim was taken to a local hospital but is expected to survive.

Desert Hot Springs Police confirm they are also assisting with the investigation, trying to determine if the victim was shot in an earlier shots fired call in their city.