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UPDATE: Palm Desert Christmas shooting victim dead

UPDATE:12-27 1:30 p.m.

After the sounds of gunfire rang out in a Palm Desert neighborhood on Christmas, police officers arrived to a local home to find a man with fatal injuries, police report.

The man succumbed to his injuries and died in a local hospital.

The suspect remains at large.

According to sheriff’s Sgt. Raymond Huskey, the incident was reported at 4 p.m. Sunday in the 43400 block of Illinois Avenue.

“Deputies arrived and found a victim suffering from a gunshot wound,”Huskey said. “The victim was transported by ambulance to a local hospital where he ultimately succumbed to his injuries.”

Details surrounding the case are limited at this time, but the sergeant said the death is being investigated as a murder.

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UPDATE: 12-25 10:50 p.m.

Riverside County Sheriff’s Deputies are investigating a shooting in a Palm Desert neighborhood that sent one man to the hospital.

It was reported around 4 p.m. Sunday.

First responders said the man suffered a gunshot wound, and was taken to a local hospital.

His condition is unknown at this time.

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ORIGINAL STORY: 12-25 9:03 p.m.

Riverside County Sheriff’s Deputies set up an active crime scene investigation in a Palm Desert neighborhood Sunday.

Deputies have set up a perimeter around a home on the 43-400 block of Illinois Avenue, near the Palm Desert Country Club.

Deputies haven’t confirmed yet what the situation is.

Stay with KESQ and CBS Local 2 for any updates.

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