DATE/TIME: August 20, 2021, at approximately 5:31p.m.
INCIDENT: Attempted Murder
LOCATION: 10700 Block of Cedar Avenue, Bloomington
SUSPECT(S): John Baldwin, 60-year-old resident of Bloomington
VICTIM(S): Confidential
SUMMARY: On Friday, August 20, 2021, at approximately 5:31 p.m., deputies from the Fontana Station responded to a 9-1-1 call at the 10700 block of Cedar Avenue in the city of Bloomington regarding a shooting. When deputies arrived, they located an adult male victim with a gunshot wound to his right hand. Deputies moved the victim to safety and rendered first aid. The victim advised deputies the suspect was still inside the residence armed with a pistol.
Deputies conducted evacuations in the immediate area and set up a containment perimiter. Deputies ordered the suspect to step out unarmed and surrender by the use of the PA system in the patrol unit. The suspect, later identified as John Baldwin, complied to orders and surrendered without further incident. Baldwin was arrested and booked at the West Valley Detention Center for attempted murder.
Multiple firearms were located inside the residence including assault rifles, shotguns and pistols. They were taken as evidence and for safe keeping, and transported to the Fontana Station. The victim was treated at Arrowhead Regional Medical Center and is exppected to make a full recovery after surgery.
Refer: Deputies I. Diaz and B. Foyil
Station: Fontana Station
Phone No. 909-356-6767
Case No. 032102150
SHANNON D. DICUS, Sheriff-Coroner
San Bernardino County Sheriff-Coroner Department
