Riverside police are offering a $10,000 reward for information that leads to the apprehension of the person or persons responsible for gunning down a young man and wounding his friend in the city’s Eastside neighborhood last year.
Isaiah Arviso, 18, of Riverside was killed in the unexplained attack.
On Tuesday, the Riverside City Council unanimously approved a police department request to post the reward in the hope of generating leads.
“Detectives interviewed several people in the area, but no one could provide information,” according to an agency statement. “Over the past several months, detectives have continued to work on the case, and up to this point, have exhausted all leads.”
The reward will be valid for 60 days, but it may be extended at the council’s discretion.
According to investigators, Arviso and a teenage friend, whose identity was not disclosed, were walking through an alley in the 3500 block of Chicago Avenue, near West Linden Street, shortly after 5 p.m. on May 28, 2023, when they were fired on by unknown assailants, who immediately fled.
Arviso was struck multiple times, and the other boy was wounded in the hip.
Both were taken to Riverside Community Hospital, where Arviso was pronounced dead on arrival.
His friend survived and has since recovered.
“Detectives believe that offering a reward in the amount of $10,000 may entice one or more witnesses to come forward with information that would help them in the identification and apprehension of the person or persons involved in this murder,” according to a statement from the Office of the City Manager.
Anyone with information was asked to contact the Robbery-Homicide Unit at 951-353-7103.