A suspect who tried to rob a business in San Jacinto early Tuesday afternoon, March 24, fled after an employee fired a gun at him and died when he sped from sheriff’s deputies and crashed on the Ramona Expressway, authorities said.
Deputies were called to the attempted robbery in the 2200 block of West Esplanade Avenue just before 1:20 p.m. on an attempted robbery call, Deputy Robyn Flores said. The California Highway Patrol described the business as a smoke shop.
It was not immediately known if the suspect, only described as a man, was struck by the gunfire, but he fled the scene in what the CHP described as a tan Ford, with no other description of the vehicle.
Deputies found the suspect vehicle in the area of Ramona Expressway and Hansen Avenue, Flores said.
A Riverside County sheriff’s detective investigates the crash scene after a San Jacinto smoke shop robbery suspect’s Ford Mustang crashed into a Dodge pickup at high speed ripping the car in two pieces, killing one person east of Hansen Avenue on Ramona Expressway near Nuevo on Tuesday, March 24, 2020. (Photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)
A Riverside County sheriff’s deputy looks at a wallet at the scene of the fatal accident were a San Jacinto smoke shop robbery suspect crashed and was killed east of Hansen Avenue on Ramona Expressway near Nuevo on Tuesday, March 24, 2020. (Photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)
A CHP officer investigates the crash scene after a San Jacinto smoke shop robbery suspect’s Ford Mustang crashed into a Dodge pickup at high speed ripping the car in two pieces, killing one person east of Hansen Avenue on Ramona Expressway near Nuevo on Tuesday, March 24, 2020. (Photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)
Riverside County sheriff’s deputies and CHP officers investigate the scene of a fatal crash east of Hansen Avenue on Ramona Expressway near Nuevo on Tuesday, March 24, 2020. (Photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)
Riverside County sheriff’s deputies and CHP officers investigate the crash scene after a San Jacinto smoke shop robbery suspect’s Ford Mustang crashed into a Dodge pickup at high speed ripping the car in two pieces, killing one person east of Hansen Avenue on Ramona Expressway near Nuevo on Tuesday, March 24, 2020. (Photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)
Riverside County sheriff’s deputies and detectives look at a gun found at the scene of the fatal crash scene after a San Jacinto smoke shop robbery suspect’s Ford Mustang crashed into a Dodge pickup at high speed ripping the car in two pieces, killing one person east of Hansen Avenue on Ramona Expressway near Nuevo on Tuesday, March 24, 2020. (Photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)
Riverside County sheriff’s deputies investigate what is left of a San Jacinto smoke shop robbery suspect’s Ford Mustang after it crashed into a Dodge pickup at high speed ripping the car in two pieces, killing one person east of Hansen Avenue on Ramona Expressway near Nuevo on Tuesday, March 24, 2020. (Photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)
A gun found at the crime scene is taped off at the fatal crash scene after a San Jacinto smoke shop robbery suspect’s Ford Mustang crashed into a Dodge pickup at high speed ripping the car in two pieces, killing one person east of Hansen Avenue on Ramona Expressway near Nuevo on Tuesday, March 24, 2020. (Photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)
Investigators examine the scene of a fatal collision between a truck and car on Ramona Expressway east of Hanson Ave. near Nuevo. (Photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)
Fatal tc between truck and car on Ramona Expressway east of Hanson avenue and Davis road intersection. Car in two pieces. More info to to come. pic.twitter.com/fD4i97251r
“When the suspect saw the sheriff’s patrol vehicle, the suspect sped off, lost control, collided into a vehicle, was ejected, and pronounced deceased at the scene,” she said. The CHP described the vehicle as “in two major pieces.”
A man and a woman were in the pickup truck struck by the fleeing suspect’s car, and both were expected to survive.
The Ramona Expressway in the area of the incident west of San Jacinto was expected to be closed for several hours for an investigation, Flores said. No other information was immediately available.
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