DATE/TIME: February 7, 2022 / 6:58 p.m.
INCIDENT: Negligent Discharge of a Firearm
LOCATION: 6500 block of Smoke Tree Ave, Twentynine Palms
SUBJECT(S): 14-year-old resident of Twentynine Palms
SUMMARY: On February 7, 2022, at approximately 6:58 p.m., deputies assigned to the Morongo Basin Station responded to the 6500 block of Smoke Tree Avenue for a report of gunshots fired. Deputies learned a 14-year-old subject who was watching the basketball game shot himself in his left leg with a handgun. After the shooting occurred the subject quickly left the scene. He was later located in the 6400 block of Desert Queen Avenue. The subject was transported to Desert Regional Medical Center to be treated for his non-life threatening wounds.
If you have any information related to this investigation, please contact the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department Morongo Basin Station at (760) 366-4175. Anyone wishing to remain anonymous may contact We-Tip at 1-888-78-CRIME.
Refer: Alexis Dennis, Deputy Sheriff
Station: Morongo Basin Station
Phone No. 760-366-4175
Case No. 202200186
SHANNON D. DICUS, Sheriff-Coroner
San Bernardino County Sheriff-Coroner Department
