Full Notification

DATE/TIME: Wednesday, June 9, 2021             7:40 p.m.
 
INCIDENT:    Assault with a Deadly Weapon / Deputy Involved Shooting
 
LOCATION: 57200 29 Palms Highway, Yucca Valley
 
SUSPECT:    Juan DeLeCruz Rodriguez, 58 years old, resident of Barstow
                          
SUMMARY:
On Wednesday, June 9, 2021 at 7:40 p.m. deputies responded to a report of a suspicious vehicle parked in a city park near the caller’s residence. The caller reported the driver acted strangely, drove from the park at a high rate of speed and into oncoming traffic.  Deputies contacted the driver in a business parking lot and identified him as Juan Rodriguez. Rodriguez was uncooperative and soon after, put the vehicle in reverse and collided with a patrol car. Moments later, a deputy involved shooting occurred. Rodriguez was transported to High Desert Medical Center and pronounced deceased.
 
Detectives from the Homicide Detail responded to conduct the investigation.
 
Detectives recovered a knife which fell from Rodriguez’s lap when he was pulled from the vehicle after the shooting.
 
The investigation is ongoing and anyone with information, or anyone who witnessed the incident, is asked to contact Detective Brett Chandler, Specialized Investigations Division – Homicide Detail at (909)387-3589. Callers can remain anonymous and contact WeTip at 800-78CRIME or www.wetip.com.
 
Refer:             Detective Brett Chandler or Sergeant Joe Steers
 
Station:          Specialized Investigations Division – Homicide Detail
 
Phone No.     (909)387-3589
 
Case No.       DR#232101293        H#2021-071
 
 
JOHN McMAHON, Sheriff-Coroner
San Bernardino County Sheriff-Coroner Department