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Incident Type: Officer Involved Shooting
Date: October 21, 2020
Incident Time: 2:08 am
At approximately 12:45 am this morning, PSPD received a 911 call about an attempted robbery in
the parking structure of the Agua Caliente Casino Palm Springs. The caller reported that two
suspects approached a male victim and one of the suspects pulled a handgun and demanded the
victim’s property. The suspects then left the area in a white Honda Accord.
At approximately 1:00 am, the Riverside County Sheriff's Department investigated an attempted
armed robbery at the Agua Caliente Casino in Rancho Mirage involving the same vehicle and
suspects. The suspects left the area and were not located.
At approximately 2:03 am, security staff observed the same vehicle and suspects return to Agua
Caliente Casino Palm Springs parking structure and security called 911. Security then reported
observing the suspects pull a gun and commit an armed robbery inside the parking structure. In this
incident the suspects approached a female who was standing by her car in the structure, then
walked up behind the female and grabbed her from behind while covering her mouth. The suspects
appear to have stuck a gun in the victim’s side and then took her purse.
Officers arrived on scene as the suspects were leaving the parking structure when a shooting
occurred. Two suspects were shot inside the vehicle and are expected to survive. Three PSPD
officers were involved in the shooting and no officers were injured. All three officers are on
administrative leave as required by PSPD policy.
The Palm Springs Police Department policy requires an investigation into Officer Involved Shootings
by an independent agency. Per PSPD policy, the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department will assume
the lead investigation into the officer involved shooting in partnership with the Riverside County
District Attorney’s Office.