Morongo – Riverside County News Source

Shots fired at deputies during pursuit, followed by Morongo barricaded standoff, leads to arrest

March 29, 2021 Trevor Montgomery

UPDATED: Tuesday, March 30, 12:45 p.m., With additional details from Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Originally Published: Monday, March 29, 11:35 a.m. Cabazon, Calif. — Officials have released additional details regarding a pursuit that ended with the suspect shooting at pursuing deputies before barricading himself inside a Morongo residence Sunday, March 28. The alleged gunman, since identified as 52-year-old, Michael Dennis […]

Excessive speed cited in UTV rollover that killed Cabazon teen

June 14, 2019 Trevor Montgomery

MORNOGO INDIAN RESERVATION — Details are beginning to emerge after a teenager was killed when he was thrown from a side-by-side off-road vehicle that overturned on the Morongo Indian Reservation, early Friday morning, June 14. Officials investigating the deadly crash have said the teenage driver was traveling too fast when he attempted to make a right turn at the intersection […]

NV double murder suspect hospitalized after shooting man, rolling gun battle, wild shootout with officials

October 17, 2018 Trevor Montgomery

MORONGO BASIN — Authorities announced today the apprehension of a double murder suspect they say first fled from and then fired on deputies, early this morning, Wednesday Oct. 17. Today’s incident, which began with the shooting of a third person on the 7400 block of Elk Trail, near SR-62 in Yucca Valley, ended about 10 miles away in a wild […]