Newly-released video shows moments leading up to deputy-involved shooting in Palm Desert
The Riverside County Sheriff's Department released new video of a deadly deputy-involved shooting. The incident happened on June 22 of this year at Palm Desert gun shop, Coachella Valley Guns & Tackle off Boardwalk Avenue and Cook Street in Palm Desert. Aaron Solorio Granados, 33, died in the shooting.
The newly-released video includes surveillance camera recordings, body camera footage and a dispatch call recording. It's presented and explained in detail by Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco.
You can see the video in the post below.
Advisory: The video may be disturbing to some viewers.
When deputies responded to the scene, they found a white car had crashed into the entrance of the business.
"Deputies arrived and quickly contained the area by setting up a perimeter around the business," Bianco explains in the video. "Two deputies took a position next to an electrical box and a third deputy took a position next to a parked pick-up truck."
Surveillance video also showed the suspect scoping out the business, before ramming his vehicle into the shop twice and entering inside.
"Deputies announced themselves, gave numerous commands but the suspect never responded," Bianco said.
Sheriff's deputies could be heard yelling, "Stop right there, put your hands up!" before eventually opening fire.
"When the suspect emerged from the store he pointed what appeared to be a semi-automatic rifle at the deputies, and a deputy-involved shooting occurred."
The video was posted on Thursday morning to the social media accounts of the Riverside County Sheriff's Department.
The video also includes an image of evidence recovered at the scene, described by Bianco as "a highly realistic-looking pellet gun replica of a semi-automatic rifle."
The incident remains under investigation by several agencies. The District Attorney's office spokesperson John Hall said their "determination is still pending."
CV Guns & Tackle remained open as of Thursday, while still displaying boarded up windows.
The release of this video follows weeks of requests by News Channel 3 for the complete body camera, dash camera, or other video elements as well as the 911 calls related to the incident. News Channel 3 has also made numerous requests for other deputy-involved shootings in the Coachella Valley, including the July 2019 incident on Bob Hope Drive that left one man dead.
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