UPDATE: Man arrested after Hemet feud leads to fatal shooting
UPDATE: 07/22/2016 9:30 a.m. With arrest and booking information
During a thorough investigation, Hemet Police Department detectives developed information and leads identifying a Hemet resident in the shooting death of Christopher Maynard, 35, of Hemet. Coroner officials had previously released that Maynard was fatally wounded Tuesday, July 19 after he was shot once in the abdomen.
Hemet Police officials located and arrested Joseph Wright, 43, of Hemet, in the 3000 block of West Florida Avenue on Wednesday, July 20, at about 4:40 p.m.
The deadly shooting occurred in the 1300 block of Alabaster Avenue in Hemet around midnight. Maynard was pronounced dead about two hours later at the Riverside University Health System Medical Center in Moreno Valley.
A jail record search and information from the Hemet Police Department indicated Wright was booked into the Larry D. Smith Correctional Facility on suspicion of murder with malice, assault with a deadly weapon, domestic violence, and making terrorist threats.
He is being held without bail and is scheduled to be arraigned at the Southwest Justice Center July 22.
Renee Maynard, the victim’s mother, said Maynard was family man for 19 years and left behind a wife and five children, including three sons and two daughters.
UPDATE: 07/21/2016 1:30 a.m. With Coroner’s release of information
Coroner’s officials have identified the victim of Tuesday’s fatal shooting as Christopher Maynard, 35, of Hemet. The coroner’s report indicated Maynard was shot at about 11:58 p.m. He was pronounced dead at the Riverside University Health System Medical Center in Moreno Valley at about 2 a.m.
The coroner’s report stated Maynard was shot in front of a residence in the 1300 block of Alabaster Avenue in Hemet.
“This investigation is ongoing and it appears that the attack was not random and the suspect (was) known to the victim,” Hemet Police Lieutenant Davis wrote in a press release after the fatal shooting.
The investigation is active and ongoing. Anyone with information about this incident is encouraged to contact Hemet Police officials at (951) 765-2400. Callers can remain anonymous.
ORIGINAL STORY
HEMET – Hemet Police officers and citizens alike are reeling from a second homicide committed in the city within a 24 hour period. The first homicide involved a hit and run that left a 17-year-old juvenile dead. The second incident involved a man who was shot to death in the 1300 block of Alabaster Avenue. A third homicide was committed within the same 24 hour period in the Valle Vista area.
The Hemet Police Dispatch Center began receiving 911 calls regarding shots fired in the neighborhood Tuesday, July 19, at about 2:00 a.m. The neighborhood where the shooting happened is located east of Warran Road and south of W. Esplanade Avenue. The location where the victim was shot is just one block from Stoney Mountain Park.
Multiple 911 callers told dispatchers there were two subjects involved in an altercation outside a residence and that they then heard several shots fired.
Hemet Police officers, Riverside County Sheriff’s deputies, California Highway Patrol officers and other emergency first responders rushed to the location of the fatal shooting and located a 35-year-old male suffering from an apparent gunshot wound to the abdomen. Officers provided medical aid to the victim until paramedics arrived.
Paramedics transported the victim to a local area hospital. In spite of their efforts, the victim succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced dead by hospital staff.
The victim’s identity has not been released by officials, pending notification of his family.
Officers and deputies conducted a thorough search for the suspect with assistance from Riverside County Sheriff’s Aviation Unit. The alleged suspect was described as a black male adult, about 250 pounds, 5’7″, and wearing a white or gray hoodie and jeans. Officials were not able to locate the man involved in the shooting. Officers later determined he left the Hemet area immediately after the deadly shooting.
“This investigation is ongoing and it appears that the attack was not random and the suspect (was) known to the victim,” Hemet Police Lieutenant Davis wrote in a press release. “Due to the fact that the investigation is still active and ongoing, no further information will be released at this time.”
Anyone with information about this incident is encouraged to contact Hemet Police officials at (951) 765-2400. Callers can remain anonymous.
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Can you say “drug wars”?
But it wasn’t
No It sure wasn’t…. That man was my cousin and he was loved dearly.
So @Cillasi before you try and talk no your fact regardless of what happen no human being Deserve to be murdered point blank .
ot a drug war or gang war. He was family man for 19 years, leaving behind a wife and 5 beautiful children 3 sons & 2girls. All I ask from people is to tell the truth and let him and family rest in peace. He was a good man and friend to everyone he came across. Will always LOVE, AND MISS MY SON (CHRISTOPHER RYAN MAYNARD)
RIP MONSTA
He was a brother to all he knew well words can’t describe the hurt Terry and the kids feel his mother Renee and two brothers have loss a real good person always had everyone’s back no matter what I truly miss my brother from another love you monsta god look over his wife and kids and family bless you all
It’s crazy how close to home tragedy is. I knew both of the men .Joe has been in my home at sat on my couch a few times andChris I went to class in San jacinto with him. Chris was a very calm guy from the little time i was around him I thought he wss pretty chill. Im sorry to his family for their loss may God bless and be with you all.
That was my dad he didnt mean harm,he would never kill someone for no reason I just wish this would have never happened I just hope that _______ would have told the truth.
Maturity is having self control. Physically mature is not mentally mature.
ITS A SAME HOW WOMAN CAN SEAT THEIR AND PLAY BOTH SIDES OF HER FAMILY CAUSE SHE CANT TELL THE TRUTH. SHE PLAYED A COLD GAME HER SISTER HUSBAND LOST HIS LIFE CAUSE OF HER LIES & BULLSHIT. AND HER HUSBAND LOST HIS LIFE JOE CAUSE SHE’S A LIAR, CRAZY AND POSSEIVE, TWO MAN FRIENDS 4 A WHILE THEY SHOULD NEVER HAD BUMP HEADS DO TO HER BULLSHIT. PERSONALLY I KNOW JOE FELT AWFUL AFTERWARDS. HE CALLED THE POLICE AND TURNED HIMSELF INTO THE POLICE CAUSE HE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE SELF-DEFENSE HE NEVER IN A MILLION YEARS THOUGHT HIS WIFE WOULD TURN ON HIM LET ALONE HER OWN FAMILY. THAT SAME DAY JOE GOT HIS JOB BACK MAKING ALOT OF MONEY AND HE WAS ALSO LEAVING HIS WIFE. AND SHE PULLED A “SNAPPED” A.K.A IF I CANT HAVE HIM NOONE CAN. JOE WENT ON HIS INTERVIEW AND DISAPPEAR FROM HER WHEN HE GOT BACK HOME. SHE KEEP CALLING AND CALLING HARASSING THREATHING HIM BEING WHO SHE IS. I WAS WITH JOE ALLDAY AND I DROP HIM OFF AT THEIR HOUSE AND WHEN WE PULLED UP AT 12PM HIS HOUSE HAD A WIERD VIBE NO LIGHTS NO MOVEMENTS. THAT WAS MY FIRST TIME EVER SEEING THEIR HOME LOOK LIKE THAT I TOLD JOE SOMETHING AINT RIGHT AND HE TOLD ME HE WILL CALL ME IN 30MINUTES TO COME AND PICK HIM BACK UP. JOE HAD NO WEAPON WHEN HE GOT OUT MY CAR HE HAD A 40OZ OF BEER. SO WHERE WAS ALL THESE PEOPLE AT IN HIS HOUSE IN THE DARK WAITING FOR HIM CAUSE SHE LIED ONCE AGAIN AND SAID JOE PUT HIS HANDS ON HER SO THATS HOW HER SISTER HUSBAND BECAME INVOLVE’. BUT JOE WAS NOWHERE NEAR HER ALL THAT DAY AND SHE WAS PISSED OFF AS ALWAYS. AND HER CONTROLLING BEHAVER LEAD TO THIS UNFOURNATE DISASTER….SORRY BITCH TELL THE TRUTH. I AM THE KEY TO THIS UNCESSARY DISMIZE. U DESTROYED SO MANY LIVES YOUR SISTER, THEIR KIDS, HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS, JOE FAMILY, HIS KIDS AND FRIENDS…U WILL GET YOUR KARMA CAUSE U ARE PURE EVIL AND HEARTLESS