A man died after being accidentally shot while he was driving a vehicle in Fontana on Dec. 15, according to the San Bernardino County Sheriff Coroner s Division and the Fontana Police Department.
At 7:17 p.m., officers and emergency medical personnel responded to Mango Avenue and Foothill Boulevard to investigate the report of a two-vehicle traffic collision.
When they arrived, they found Samuel Medina Campos, a 28-year-old resident of Fontana, with a gunshot wound. He was transported to a local hospital, where he was pronounced deceased at 7:51 p.m.
Police determined that a passenger in the rear of the vehicle, Rodolfo Medina, 28, was handling a firearm and accidentally fired it, striking the victim. The firearm was recovered and Medina was arrested, police said.
A Bullhead City woman who went missing in the Mojave Desert more than a year ago have been found.
In July 2019, Barbara Thomas, 69, was hiking with her husband, Robert, in the desert about 20 miles north of the I-40 freeway east of Kelbaker Road. During the hike, Barbara and Robert allegedly got separated.
According to Supervisor Jeff Lewison of the San Bernardino County Sheriff Coroner s Division, her body was located on November 27 of this year in the desert near Essex, California.
An autopsy has been completed, Lewison confirmed, but the cause of death is still pending.
Barbara was last seen wearing a black bikini, a red baseball cap and tan hiking boots with black socks. She had no supplies with her.
A man died after being accidentally shot while he was driving a vehicle in Fontana on Dec. 15, according to the San Bernardino County Sheriff Coroner s Division and the Fontana Police Department.
At 7:17 p.m., officers and emergency medical personnel responded to Mango Avenue and Foothill Boulevard to investigate the report of a two-vehicle traffic collision.
When they arrived, they found Samuel Medina Campos, a 28-year-old resident of Fontana, with a gunshot wound. He was transported to a local hospital, where he was pronounced deceased at 7:51 p.m.
Police determined that a passenger in the rear of the vehicle, Rodolfo Medina, 28, was handling a firearm and accidentally fired it, striking the victim. The firearm was recovered and Medina was arrested, police said.
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