DATE/TIME: Sunday, August 11, 2024, at approximately 10:44 p.m.
INCIDENT: Attempted Murder
LOCATION: Walmart - Twentynine Palms Highway & Avalon Avenue, Yucca Valley
SUSPECT(S): Ulysses Gamboa, 23-year-old Yucca Valley Resident
VICTIM(S): 38-year old Male Resident of Yucca Valley
UPDATE: August 13, 2024 - During the investigation, deputies identified Ulysses Gamboa as the suspect and sought a warrant for his arrest. On Monday, August 12, 2024, a no bail arrest warrant for Gamboa for PC 664/187 attempted murder was issued.
On Tuesday, August 13, 2024, Gamboa was taken into custody in Desert Hot Springs, without incident. Gamboa was transported and booked into the Morongo Basin Jail for PC 664/187 attempt murder.
SUMMARY: On Sunday, August 11, 2024, at 10:44 p.m., deputies from the Morongo Basin Sheriff's Station were dispatched to the Walmart shopping plaza on Twentynine Palms Highway in Yucca Valley, in response to a reported stabbing. Deputies located the 38-year-old male victim suffering from life threatening injuries and his injuries were consistent with those from a sharp-edged, deadly weapon. Soonafter arriving on-scene, deputies administered life saving measures on the victim, who was subsequently transported to a local hospital for medical treatment. Detectives from the Morongo Basin Sheriff's Station assumed the investigation and are actively working on this case.
Anyone with information regarding this incident is urged to contact Deputy C. Ranslem or Detective S. Ables of the Morongo Basin Sheriff's Station at (760) 366-4175. Callers wishing to remain anonymous may call the We-Tip Hotline at 1-800-78-CRIME (27463), or you may leave information on the We-Tip Hotline at www.wetip.com.
Refer: Deputy C. Ranslem / Detective S. Ables
Station: Morongo Basin Sheriff's Station
Phone No. 760-366-4175
Case No. 232401343
SHANNON D. DICUS, Sheriff-Coroner
San Bernardino County Sheriff-Coroner Department
