Coachella resident to stand trial for attempted murder

A judge ruled today that a 22-year-old man must stand trial for attempted murder after allegedly opening fire at a Coachella home.   

Caillou Marcus Renteria and a then-16-year-old juvenile were arrested on June 21, 2022 for their alleged involvement in a shooting three weeks prior in which multiple vehicles were struck.

Renteria was charged with felony counts of attempted murder and shooting at a vehicle/dwelling. He initially pleaded not guilty three days after his arrest. He was held to answer on counts of attempted murder and shooting at a vehicle Friday at the Larson Justice Center in Indio.

The defendant is scheduled to appear in court next at a post-preliminary hearing arraignment on July 8.

Issac Marquez Vargas, 24, was also suspected of taking part in the shooting. He was arrested the evening of June 2, 2022 for allegedly shooting a 25-year-old man multiple times in a Coachella parking lot on May 30, according to the Riverside County Sheriff's Department.

Vargas was charged with a felony count of attempted murder with enhancements for discharging a firearm causing great bodily harm, great bodily injury, committing while on bail and being armed/using a weapon.   

The sheriff's department said additional charges would be filed by the Riverside County District Attorney's Office for his alleged involvement in the May 31 shooting.   

He was being held without bail at the John J. Benoit Detention Center in Indio.

On the night of the incident, deputies from the sheriff's Thermal Station responded to the 52700 block of Genoa Drive in Coachella to a report of a shooting between three subjects. No injuries were reported in the shooting.   

Investigators identified Renteria, Vargas and the juvenile as suspects. All three reside in Coachella.

The sheriff's SWAT team and the Thermal Station's Investigations Bureau found the juvenile at his residence in the 48100 block of La Playa Street in Coachella on Tuesday morning.

Renteria was found in his residence in the 49400 block of Tulipan Street on Tuesday night by the Investigations Bureau.   

Both suspects were arrested and authorities said they were also wanted for two additional shootings in Coachella. It was unclear whether they are wanted for the same two shootings.

Renteria was being held on $1 million at the John J. Benoit Detention Center.

Additional charges were intended to be filed against the juvenile by the Juvenile Probation Department, authorities said.