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19-Year-Old Arrested After Riverside Driver Allegedly Drove Into Crowd, Killing Woman

Police say the attack followed a shut-down flyer party that led to a street robbery and a later homicide probe.

Overview

  • Authorities say a 19-year-old allegedly drove his car into a group of people on the 3500 block of Franklin Avenue on May 24, killing 20-year-old Daisy Sandoval and striking four others.
  • Two of the injured were taken to hospitals in critical condition and two sustained serious injuries, police reported.
  • Officers detained the suspect at the scene and booked him into the Robert Presley Detention Center on a murder charge, where he is being held on $1 million bail.
  • The Riverside County district attorney has filed first-degree murder and multiple assault charges against the suspect and is pursuing sentence-enhancing allegations for injuries that left victims comatose; prosecutors have also identified the deceased as the suspect’s sister.
  • Robbery–Homicide and Forensics units are still investigating, interviewing witnesses and examining evidence after police say the incident followed a shut-down "flyer party," an informal street gathering that officers sometimes break up for safety reasons.