Anza shooting investigation underway – Victim airlifted

ANZA, Calif. — Details are still emerging after a gunshot victim was airlifted to an area trauma after reportedly being driven to the city of Hemet following a shooting Friday, July 17.

During the subsequent investigation, which is active and ongoing, the victim and his brother claimed the shooting happened during a family dispute in the Anza area.

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City of Hemet Police and Fire, along with AMR, were first alerted to the situation around 5:30 p.m., after receiving a 911 call reporting that a shooting victim was being rushed to Hemet Valley Hospital by his brother.

Official radio traffic at the time indicated the victim’s brother told emergency dispatchers that he and his injured brother were racing toward town and were in the area of State St. and Domenigoni Parkway. 

Officials are continuing to investigate a shooting that may have happened during a family dispute in the Anza area yesterday afternoon. Timothy Franzese/Public Safety Incidents photo

Responding emergency personnel located the vehicle in the area of State St. and Johnston Ave., where they immediately began evaluating and treating the shooting victim; who had reportedly been shot twice in the abdomen area.

Based on the victim’s injuries, a Mercy Air Ambulance was requested to the scene to airlift the man to Riverside University Health System in Moreno Valley.

The victim was reportedly in stable condition when he was airlifted by the helicopter, after the airship landed in the roadway near the intersection.

Officials are now investigating the shooting, which the victim and his brother claimed happened during a family dispute between the victim and his uncle

Although the pair told officers the shooting happened somewhere in the Anza area, no corroborating details or other information have been released by any of the investigating agencies.

This is a developing story that will be updated as new information becomes available.


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Trevor Montgomery, 48, moved in 2017 to the Intermountain area of Shasta County from Riverside County and runs Riverside County News Source and Shasta County News Source. Additionally, he writes or has written for several other news organizations; including Riverside County based newspapers, Valley News, (the now defunct) Valley Chronicle, Anza Valley Outlook, and Hemet & San Jacinto Chronicle; as well as Bonsall/Fallbrook Village News in San Diego County and 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 29 years and was a foster parent to more than 60 children over 13 years. He is now an adoptive parent and his “fluid family” includes 13 children and 16 grandchildren.