DATE/TIME: Sunday, December 8, 2024 / 4:19 pm
INCIDENT: Suspicious Circumstances Leads to Warrant Arrest
LOCATION: Cinemark, 18935 Bear Valley Road, Apple Valley
SUSPECT(S): Byron DeShawn Murphy, 35-year-old male of Victorville
SUMMARY:
On Sunday, December 8, 2024, at approximately 4:19 p.m., deputies form the Apple Valley Station responded to the Apple Valley Cinemark for a report of a person entering the theater wearing a bullet proof vest and carrying a firearm.
Deputies responded and evacuated the theater. The subject, identified as Byron Murphy, was found to be in possession of an airsoft rifle and was wearing a tactical vest. Murphy was found to have misdemeanor warrants and was booked into the High Desert Detention Center.
Apple Valley Police Department would like to thank the public’s cooperation and assistance with the calm evacuation of the theater.
Anyone with any information about this investigation is asked to contact Deputy Dominguez with Apple Valley Sheriff’s Station at (760) 240-7400 or Sheriff’s Dispatch at (760) 956-5001. Callers wishing to remain anonymous are urged to call the We-Tip Hotline at 1-800-78CRIME (27463) or leave the information on the We-Tip website at www.wetip.com.
Refer: Pamela Hoffman
Station: Apple Valley
Phone No: (760) 240-7428
Case No. 182406176
SHANNON D. DICUS, Sheriff-Coroner
