Man in critical condition after off duty officer involved shooting

One man was transported to an area hospital in critical condition Monday, Sept.16, in Murrieta after being shot by an unidentified off-duty Hemet Policy Officer. ABC Channel 7 reported that a gun was recovered at the scene, belonging to the man who was shot and it was not a real gun. 

According to the Murrieta police department, they responded to multiple gunshots in a strip mall parking lot at 39540 Murrieta Hot Springs Road, between Margarita Road and School House Way. 

Upon arrival to the parking lot, police found a man that had multiple gunshot wounds. After being treated by first responders, he was transported to the hospital in critical condition. 

The shooting was reported to have occurred by an off-duty Hemet Police Officer that intervened in an  apparent incident of road rage between two people, firing on one of them who apparently was pointing a fake gun at another person.  

It wasn’t clear if the handgun belonging to the off-duty officer was his service weapon. 

The District Attorney’s office, the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department and Murrieta Police department are all involved in the investigation.