Random Shooting Attacks in Riverside, Leave Two Dead: Police

Within a span of 45 minutes, police received four calls about shootings, including a car-to-car shooting that left one driver dead in Southern California, Banning Police said late Saturday.

A man went on what police said appeared to be a random shooting rampage as he drove through the city of Banning.

Two people were killed and three others suffered injuries after shootings occurred in multiple areas.

Police took the driver into custody at the nearby city of Beaumont, police said. 

The first shooting attack occurred on John Street at 11:36 a.m.

The driver of a car was killed and the passenger was injured.

Ten minutes later, another call came in reporting car-to-car shots near Nicolet Middle School at the intersection of San Gorgonio Avenue and Nicolet Street. 

The victim in the shooting suffered minor injuries to the face when broken glass shattered from shots fired. 

The violence continued at an AM-PM store on the intersection of 22nd and Ramsey Streets.

The suspect started repeatedly punching the next victim as he was sitting in his car. The suspect then grabbed a blunt instrument and continued the attack. 

At 12:15 p.m., police were called to East Lincoln Drive.

A car crashed, and police found the driver dead in the vehicle. 

The suspected shooter then began knocking on residents' doors of American Street. 

He also broke a car's window while people were sitting inside of it. 

Shortly after, Beaumont Police took him into custody. 

The police said there was no clear motive as the shooter had no relation to the victims.

Because his clothes and vehicle matched the descriptions at each location, police said they believe this is the work of one man, but would need to investigate to determine that he was responsible for every shooting.

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