A 26-year-old man allegedly shot a pedestrian Sunday in a drive-by attack in downtown Riverside, stemming from an earlier scuffle between the men, authorities said.
Hector Alfonso Sanchez Torres of Home Gardens was arrested and booked into the Robert Presley Jail Sunday on suspicion of attempted murder and firing a gun from a moving vehicle.
Torres was being held in lieu of $1 million bail.
According to the Riverside Police Department, in the predawn hours Sunday, the suspect was involved in an unspecified conflict with several people near the intersection of University Avenue and Main Street, an area known as the Entertainment District.
After the altercation ended, Torres went to his vehicle and then drove back to where the parties with whom he had fought were walking, police spokesman Officer Ryan Railsback said.
“The suspect drove along University … and shot at the victims before fleeing,” Railsback said.
He said one of the pedestrians was hit in the leg and taken to Riverside Community Hospital for treatment. He was expected to fully recover. No one else was hit by the gunfire.
Officers from the department’s Metro Team tracked down information confirming that Torres was the alleged shooter, according to Railsback.
The suspect was located and taken into custody without incident at 11:30 a.m. Sunday, roughly eight hours after the shooting, at a property on Windsong Street in Home Gardens.
Background information on the suspect was unavailable.
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