In the ongoing investigation into a Perris shooting last month that left an Elsinore man dead, Riverside County Sheriff's deputies have made significant headway by detaining a 17-year-old suspect on Tuesday, according to information released on Riverside Sheriff's website. Rene Diaz, 42, succumbed to multiple gunshot wounds received in the late hours of December 23. Search warrants led to the juvenile’s arrest without incident, at a residence on Santa Rosa Mine Road, though his identity remains undisclosed.
The case, which was initially attended by deputies responding to a reported assault with a deadly weapon, later transitioned to the oversight of the Riverside Sheriff's Central Homicide Unit after Diaz, having been critically injured, did not recover, as per Hoodline article.
The Sheriff's Department is actively soliciting the public's assistance encouraging anyone with potentially beneficial information to reach Investigator D. Brown or Master Investigator D. Robertson at (951) 955-2777.
