A 19-year-old suspect was arrested after two people were found shot in Riverside County.
On March 22, deputies responded to an assault with a deadly weapon on the 600 Block of West Lakeshore Drive in Lake Elsinore at around 12:30 a.m.
Arriving deputies found an injured person on the ground with several gunshot wounds. The suspect had fled the scene.
Shortly after, authorities were notified that a second person had arrived at a nearby hospital with gunshot wounds as well. The two shootings were determined to be connected.
Investigators later identified Kenyelo Centeno-Guzman, 19, of Lake Elsinore as the suspected gunman. On March 27, a search warrant was served at his home where he was taken into custody for attempted murder and the recovery of a stolen firearm.
A second person at the home, Belica Guzman, 41, was also arrested on suspicion of evidence tampering, child endangerment, and willfully delaying/obstructing a peace officer.
They were both transported and booked into the Cois Byrd Detention Center. Authorities said they plan to seek gang-related enhancements to the charges as well.
Details on the motive behind the shooting, or how the suspect and the victims were known to each other, were not released.
“The Lake Elsinore Station and the Region 4 Gang Task Force have a zero-tolerance stance on all gang-related crimes, and they will be investigated and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law,” the sheriff’s department said.
Anyone with information on the case is asked to call Deputy Tickel at the Lake Elsinore Sheriff’s Station at 951–245–3300.
