Surveillance video, “numerous tips,” lead to arrest of Hemet man after Perris murder
PERRIS –Authorities investigating last month’s murder of a 20-year-old Perris resident during the course of a robbery identified and arrested a Hemet man in connection with the deadly incident. According to officials the man was one of two suspects responsible for the victim’s shooting death.
The alleged suspect was identified and located after officials released video surveillance footage that showed the robbery and homicide. Officials are now asking for help identifying and locating a second man captured by the surveillance footage.
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Tyler Washington was arrested and later charged in the robbery and murder of a 20-year-old Perris man. RSO photo
The victim, later identified as Anthony Young, was fatally shot Apr. 8, on the 2000 block of N. Perris Boulevard in Perris.
According to sheriff’s officials, Young was shot and killed during an “apparent robbery” at a shopping center parking lot. He died of a single gunshot wound after being rushed to an area hospital.
After the deadly shooting the alleged suspects fled the area in a 1998-2000 Lexus GS300 4-door, with tinted windows and a sunroof, according to a flyer released by sheriff’s officials.
Deputies assigned to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Perris Police Station responded to reports of the deadly shooting shortly before 8 p.m., Riverside Sheriff’s Sergeant Ben Ramirez explained in an initial written press release after the fatal incident.
Early during their investigation, Perris Station and Sheriff’s Central Homicide Unit investigators located and obtained surveillance video footage of the murder and asked for help identifying two men seen participating in Young’s robbery and homicide in the surveillance footage.
After officials released the surveillance video footage on the Sheriff’s Facebook page, authorities received “numerous tips” about one of the men involved in the deadly incident, Ramirez explained in an updated press release.
Using information provided by anonymous tipsters, on Monday, May 21, Sheriff’s Central Homicide Unit investigators and detectives from Hemet Police Department located and arrested 21-year-old, Tyler Nathaniel Washington. He was found hiding at a residence on the 500 block of E. Devonshire Avenue, in the city of Hemet.
Washington was later booked into jail on suspicion of murder with malice and 2nd degree robbery. He remains in custody and is being held without bail. He was scheduled to be arraigned at Riverside’s Hall of Justice this morning.
After Washington’s arrest, Ramirez thanked the public for their help identifying the alleged suspect and asked again for assistance identifying and locating the second man seen in the surveillance footage during the commission of Young’s robbery and murder.
Anyone with information regarding this incident is encouraged to immediately contact Investigator Pike at the Perris Police Station at (951) 210-1000 or Investigator Dickey at the Central Homicide Unit at (951) 955-2777. Callers can refer to incident file number PE180980085 and can remain anonymous. Citizens may also submit a tip using the Sheriff’s Homicide Tipline online form.
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Trevor Montgomery, 46, recently moved to Shasta County from Riverside County and runs Riverside County News Source and Shasta County News Source. Additionally, he writes for several other news organizations, including Riverside County based newspapers, Valley News, The Valley Chronicle and Anza Valley Outlook, as well as Bonsall/Fallbrook Village News in San Diego County and The Mountain Echo in Shasta County.
Trevor spent 10 years in the U.S. Army as an Orthopedic Specialist before joining the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department in 1998. He was medically retired after losing his leg, breaking his back and suffering both spinal cord and brain injuries in an off-duty accident. (Click here to see segment of Discovery Channel documentary of Trevor’s accident.)
During his time with the sheriff’s department, Trevor worked at several different stations, including Robert Presley Detention Center, Southwest Station in Temecula, Hemet/Valle Vista Station, Ben Clark Public Safety Training Center and Lake Elsinore Station, along with other locations.
Trevor’s assignments included Corrections, Patrol, DUI Enforcement, Boat and Personal Water-Craft based Lake Patrol, Off-Road Vehicle Enforcement, Problem Oriented Policing Team and Personnel/Background Investigations. He finished his career while working as a Sex Crimes and Child Abuse Investigator and was a court-designated expert in child abuse and child sex-related crimes.
Trevor has been married for more than 27 years and was a foster parent to more than 60 children over 13 years. He is now an adoptive parent and has 13 children and 14 – soon to be 15 – grandchildren.
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