La Quinta pharmacy burglary & Coachella shooting officially linked
Riverside County Sheriff’s Department confirms La Quinta pharmacy burglary and Coachella shooting are linked.
At around 2:13 a.m. Thursday, suspects broke into the Pharmacy of the Desert the 79400 block of Highway 111, La Quinta.
Surveillance video shows five suspects ramming a white pickup truck through the property’s metal security gate and then the back door of the pharmacy according to the owner. The suspects then took what they could, but did not manage to take any narcotics or controlled substances. The suspects fled the area before deputies arrived.
2 hours later at approximately 4:16 a.m., there was a shooting in the 49900 block of Avenida De Plata, Coachella.
Deputies arrived and attempted to stop the suspect vehicle. The vehicle fled from deputies and crashed a short distance away. The suspect, a 17-year-old male, fled on foot and was found during a search of the area.
Investigators took over both investigations and were able link the suspect to both the shooting and the burglary.
The 17-year-old was booked into Juvenile Hall on charges of shooting at an inhabited dwelling, possession of a stolen vehicle, unlawful possession of a firearm, evading, vandalism and burglary. Investigators are still working to identify the other suspects involved in both crimes.
Anyone with information regarding these incidents is encouraged to call Investigator Sean Patrick at the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department, Thermal Station at (760) 863-8990. Information can also be reported anonymously through Crime Stoppers at (760) 341-STOP (7867).
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