Overview
- Deputies responded to a reported mental‑health crisis at a Villa Hermosa home and initially spoke with the person who made the report outside the residence.
- Officials say the individual left the house, pointed a gun at deputies, and was then shot; the person was taken to a hospital in critical condition and no deputies were injured.
- A clinical therapist from Riverside County’s Community Behavioral Assessment Team accompanied deputies as part of the co‑responder framework used for behavioral‑health calls.
- The deputies involved have been placed on paid administrative leave and authorities have not released the identities of the person shot or the officers or confirmed how many deputies fired.
- The investigation is ongoing and the case raises questions about how co‑responder teams and armed law enforcement coordinate on mental‑health calls and what policy changes may follow.