2 Shot In Murrieta Neighborhood, Arrests Announced

MURRIETA, CA — A young man and woman, along with three juveniles, have been linked to gunfire that left two people wounded, the Murrieta Police Department announced Wednesday.

The shooting occurred around 11:17 p.m. May 23 in a residential neighborhood in the area of Lawrence Union and Monte Carlo drives in Murrieta.

Multiple 911 callers reported gunfire. "One of the callers reported hearing 10-15 gunshots, along with one to two vehicles speeding away," according to the police department.

When officers got on the scene, they found a vehicle occupied by two victims with non-life-threatening gunshot wounds, the department reported.

Both victims were sent to a local hospital.

During an investigation into the violence, detectives identified the shooting suspects as Murrieta residents Davon Blackstone, 19, and Ashley Barber, 20. Three juvenile males from Murrieta and Temecula were also identified though their names were not released due to age.

Blackstone was arrested May 24 on suspicion of attempted murder, robbery, discharging a firearm, and conspiracy. Barber was arrested the same day on suspicion of attempted murder and being an accessory to a crime, according to Murrieta police.

On May 25, detectives tracked down one of the juveniles and arrested him on suspicion of attempted murder, robbery, discharging a firearm, and conspiracy, police said.

Detectives later served two search warrants in the 28000 block of Via Princesa and the 28000 block of Calle Del Lago and located a firearm believed to have been used during the shooting.

Detectives continued their investigation and learned that one of the juveniles fled the state. After obtaining an arrest warrant, the boy was found Monday in Pennsylvania by the U.S. Marshals Service. He was taken into custody on suspicion of attempted murder, robbery, discharging a firearm, and conspiracy. He is being extradited to Riverside County, police said.

There was no word on the third juvenile.

Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to contact Detective Reed Leitch
at 951-461-6353 or Rleitch@murrietaca.gov, or Detective Sergeant Miguel Garcia at 951-461-6362 or Mgarcia@murrietaca.gov

On April 21, multiple shots were fired in a neighborhood not far from the May 23 shooting incident. Read more here.