A white pick-up truck was abandoned at Fireside and Wolf Creek Rd. in Temecula. (Kerri S. Mabee,/SWRNN)
UPDATE @ 4:54 p.m.: According to Riverside County Sheriff’s Deputy Albert Martinez, a suspect is not in custody and the search continues for a man involved in the traffic incident on Pechanga Parkway.
The suspect is described as a white male adult in his 20s and wearing a white T-shirt and jeans, Martinez said.
An updated description of the suspect can be found here.
Stay with SWRNN for details as the become available.
UPDATE @ 4:01 p.m.: SWRNN is working to confirm a report that the suspect is in custody. Stay with SWRNN for details as they become available.
UPDATE @ 3:35 p.m.: Temecula police units are stationed in neighborhoods throughout the Redhawk area, searching for a suspect who fled the scene of the traffic incident.
Knocking on doors and inspecting incoming and outgoing vehicles, police believe that the man abandoned the white pick-up truck he was driving at Fireside and Wolf Creek Rd. before he ran off, disappearing into a neighborhood, according to Sgt. Dean Spivacke at the scene.
Spivacke said he believes the white pick-up truck was stolen.
ORIGINAL: Temecula police are on the lookout for a driver who clipped a motorcycle officer just before 1 p.m. today near the intersection of Pechanga and Temecula Valley parkways, Riverside County Sheriff’s official have reported.
(File photo: Stephanie D. Schulte/SWRNN)
“We are actively searching for a hit-and-run suspect,” Deputy Albert Martinez said.
A sheriff’s helicopter was deployed to assist officers in locating the suspect.
Due to the police activity and the proximity to Jackson Elementary School, the school has been placed on lockdown.
“Anytime an incident happens near a school, for the safety of the kids, the school is placed on lockdown,” Martinez explained.
The officer that was hit sustained minor injuries and was transported to a nearby hospital for treatment.
Check back with SWRNN for updates as they become available.
Stephanie D. Schulte is a writer/photographer with SWRNN. She can be reached at stephanie.schulte@swrnn.com.
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Any word if the suspect was found?
So do the Police do door to door searches for every hit and run suspect? Or is this another case of them using tax payers money in a self serving way?
As a mom in the area who is home during the day with two little kiddos, I appreciate the door-to-door hunt for a criminal brazen enough to steal a vehicle, drive/charge straight at an officer on a motorcycle (clipping bike & injuring cop), and then sprint off into nearby residential areas smack in the middle of the day during mid-day dismissal. Tons of kids out playing in backyards, walking home with parents, riding bikes in cul-de-sacs, etc.. Self-serving?? Hardly. Thank GOD our police officers were searching high and low for this creep. Big thank you to our police officers for taking this threat seriously and for all you do to protect us day-in/day-out.
PE.com is reporting that the suspect is a Hispanic man in his 40′s.
PE.co is reporting suspect is male Hispanic in his 4o’s