For three days beginning Saturday, Riverside County sheriff’s deputies searched for a gunman who had fired on civilians and law enforcement officers with a high-powered rifle.
The hunt started Saturday, when a resident in San Jacinto flagged down an officer and told him someone had just driven by and pointed a gun at him, according to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department.
The officer saw the truck and gave chase; officials say a colleague over the radio told him the car’s description matched a car involved in a recent carjacking. But as the pursuit unfolded, someone inside the vehicle began shooting at police, authorities said.
Sheriff’s Department officials say multiple rounds hit the squad car, at least one of which disabled it. As the car rolled to a stop, the gunman drove off, only to crash into a home two blocks away. By the time police arrived, the gunman was gone; a high-powered rifle with a laser sight was found nearby.
San Jacinto officers came under fire by the same shooter again on Sunday, police said.
Then on Monday, there was another shooting. About 10:30 p.m., a Hemet resident said someone in a red Dodge truck drove by and shot at them.
Just before midnight, a San Jacinto police officer spotted the truck headed toward the Soboba Indian Reservation.
Again, police gave chase. Like the two previous pursuits, a gunman armed with a high-powered rifle began shooting at officers out the rear of the truck. Though the shots didn’t disable the squad car, the gunmen briefly escaped when they drove the truck into a sandy ravine.
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