DA: Deputies actions justified in 2018 shooting death of man near Joshua Tree National Park vvdailypress.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from vvdailypress.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The San Bernardino County District Attorney’s Office has determined that an officer-involved shooting of a murder suspect in 2018 was justified. On May 21, 2018, Ronda Ebeling, 23, of Joshua Tree, agreed to meet her former boyfriend, Ray Wyatt, 58, also of Joshua Tree, about 8 p.m. at La Contenta Road and Yucca Trail in Yucca Valley. Ebeling was on the phone with a friend when the friend heard Wyatt say he had a gun. The friend hung up and called 911.
When Deputy Robert Stucki arrived, he saw Wyatt shoot Ebeling, who fell to the ground. Stucki fired at Wyatt who fled into the desert with his gun. Sergeant Mauricio Hurtado, Deputy Roger Alfaro, and Deputy Michael Sellers arrived and began searching for Wyatt, while Deputy Tyler Detrinidad remained with Ebeling until paramedics arrived to take her to Hi-Desert Medical Center, where she died.