A man in Riverside County was rushed to the hospital in critical condition after reportedly being shot multiple times by an off-duty police officer who intervened during what authorities are calling a road-rage incident Monday.
Officers with the Murrieta Police Department responded to reports of the shooting in a parking lot at 39540 Murrieta Hot Springs Road at around 9:15 a.m., the department said in a post to social media .
When police arrived at the location, they found an adult male suffering from multiple gunshot wounds, along with an off-duty police officer from the city of Hemet and several witnesses of the shooting.
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Authorities rendered life-saving measures on the gunshot victim, who was rushed by paramedics to the hospital where he was listed in critical condition.
“The initial investigation revealed that the off-duty police officer was involved in the shooting of the male,” Murrieta PD said. “All gunshots have been accounted for, and no other people were injured by the gunfire.”