A 23-year-old Riverside man was arrested Wednesday for allegedly gunning down two women in a car parked on the west end of the city.
Daniel Garcia was booked into the Robert Presley Detention Center in Riverside on suspicion of murder and was being held in lieu of $1 million bail.
According to Riverside police Officer Ryan Railsback, the attack occurred just after midnight near the intersection of Alhambra and Cypress avenues, in the La Sierra Hills area.
Railsback said a woman called 911 reporting that her brother had “just shot two people,” and patrol officers converged on the location moments later. They found the victims in a parked gray Volkswagen, suffering from gunshot wounds. Officers immediately detained Garcia, who was allegedly found in possession of a handgun, Railsback said.
Railsback did not disclose a possible motive for the killings or whether Garcia knew the victims, who were pronounced dead at the scene. They were identified as Gabriela Perez, 21, from Hemet, and Miranda Duran, 20, of Riverside. One of the women was found in the driver’s seat and the other in a passenger seat.
Anyone with information on the shooting was asked to contact Detective Mike Medici at (951) 353-7104.
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