Police: Man Shot While Trying To Rob Off-Duty Officer In Riverside
RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — Police say a man was shot and wounded when he confronted an off-duty sheriff's deputy and his family in a Southern California mall parking lot and tried to rob them at gunpoint.
Riverside Police Officer Ryan Railsback says the would-be robber was arrested late Saturday after he showed up at a hospital with a non-life-threatening gunshot wound.
RIVERSIDE: Attempted armed robbery leads to deputy-involved shooting at the Galleria at Tyler last night.https://t.co/OTmJgpfEF7 pic.twitter.com/l9jsVgASyy
— City of Riverside Police Department (@RiversidePolice) June 2, 2019
The Press-Enterprise newspaper says nobody else was hurt during the attempted robbery outside the Galleria at Tyler in Riverside.
Officials didn't identify the off-duty deputy or say which agency he works for.