More than 20 years after a man was fatally shot when leaving a party in La Quinta, Riverside County detectives have reopened the cold case to try finding his killer.
The shooting happened back on August 11, 2002 at around 4:15 a.m., when deputies with the then-Thermal Station were called to the intersection of Avenida Mendoza and Calle Durango for reports of a crash, according to a news release from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office.
“Upon arrival, deputies located an adult male inside the vehicle, later identified as 27-year-old Hernan Marquez of Indio,” the release said. “Marquez was suffering from gunshot wounds and was pronounced deceased at the scene by medical personnel.”…