Riverside County Deputies are investigating a kidnapping and robbery that took place Tuesday afternoon that started in Thousand Palms and ended in Desert Hot Springs.
Oscar Ernesto Canas was additionally charged with one felony count of assault with a gun, according to court records. He’s scheduled to be arraigned at the Larson Justice Center in Indio on Wednesday afternoon.
Desert Hot Springs police responded at 7:40 a.m. to a report of a shooting in the 13500 block of Mountain View Road. Officers found a man suffering from a gunshot wound and called paramedics, but the man was pronounced dead at the scene. He was not immediately identified.
