A 20-year-old suspect has pleaded guilty to multiple felony charges in a plea deal related to a November 2022 shooting in Lake Elsinore.
Quail Valley resident Miguel Lopez Flores entered guilty pleas to felony counts of attempted murder and assault with a semi-automatic firearm Monday at the Southwest Justice Center, according to case records. He also admitted sentence-enhancing allegations relating to great bodily injury and use of a firearm for each charge.
Additional felony counts of attempted murder, assault with a semi-automatic firearm and possession of a controlled substance for sale were dismissed as part of a plea agreement, as well as the same pair of attached enhancements for the first two charges, according to Thalia Hayden of the Riverside County District Attorney’s Office, who told City News Service “[the charges] were duplicative anyway.”
Flores is set to be sentenced on Feb. 3.
The shooting happened on Nov. 24, 2022 in the 32600 block of Mission Trail. Deputies responded to a report of an assault with a deadly weapon, and upon arrival discovered several individuals suffering from non-life-threatening gunshot wounds.
The suspect was identified as Flores, and he was arrested on Jan. 20, 2023 without incident, according to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department. He was later booked into the Cois Byrd Detention Center.