Overview
- A widely shared video shows a Riverside County deputy swiping through what looks like a dating app during an active barricade with an armed suspect.
- The sheriff’s office said the behavior does not meet department standards and announced an internal investigation.
- Deputies later deployed tear gas into the car, and officials say the suspect then shot himself and was pronounced dead at the scene.
- The confrontation followed a high‑speed pursuit that included an attempted grappling‑device maneuver and a crash into a concrete wall.
- Reports describe the deputy as part of the Special Enforcement Bureau, and authorities have not released the suspect’s name.