DATE/TIME: Thursday, March 27, 2025 - 2:50 PM
INCIDENT: PC 245(a)(2) - Assault with a Deadly Weapon, PC 422(a) - Criminal Threats
LOCATION: 3000 block of Goleta Avenue in the unincorporated area of the Morongo Basin
SUSPECT(S): Daniel Shane Minyard, 47-year-old male, resident of the unincorporated area of Morongo Basin
VICTIM(S): Confidential resident of the unincorporated area of Morongo Basin
SUMMARY: On Thursday, March 27, 2025, deputies assigned to the Morongo Basin Station responded to a report of a man with a gun in the 3000 block of Goleta Avenue in the unincorporated area of Morongo Basin. Through investigation, deputies learned Daniel Shane Minyard pointed a black semi-automatic handgun at and threatened to kill the victim. Deputies detained Minyard at his residence. Deputies authored a search warrant for the residence to recover the weapon used in the commission of the crime. During the service of the warrant, deputies located six unregistered firearms, several loaded firearm magazines, and hundreds of cartridges of ammunition.
Minyard was arrested and booked at the Morongo Basin Jail for Penal Codes 245(a)(2) Assault with a Deadly Weapon (Firearm) and 422(a) Criminal Threats.
Refer: Deputy Sean Yost and Deputy Jonathan Cordova
Station: Morongo Basin Station
Phone No. (760)366-4175
Case No. 092500482
SHANNON D. DICUS, Sheriff-Coroner
San Bernardino County Sheriff-Coroner Department
