Overview
- A Riverside County SWAT deputy, captured on CBS Los Angeles aerial video during Wednesday's Jurupa Valley standoff, appeared to swipe through a dating app just feet from an armed, barricaded suspect.
- The sheriff's office said the conduct does not meet its standards and announced an internal investigation into the deputy's phone use at the scene.
- The confrontation followed a high‑speed chase in which deputies tried a Grappler device, a front‑mounted strap meant to snag a fleeing car’s rear wheel, before the suspect’s vehicle crashed into a wall near a high school.
- After hours of tactics that included drones, robots, pepper balls, and then tear gas, deputies found the suspect deceased with injuries the agency said were consistent with a self‑inflicted gunshot, and paramedics pronounced him dead at the scene.
- Footage showed the deputy’s vest marked “SGT,” suggesting a supervisor, which has sharpened questions about judgment and on‑scene professionalism as the video circulates widely on social media.