Two dead in shootout at Soboba Reservation
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
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Two people were killed in a shootout on the Soboba Reservation in southern California on Monday.
The incident was the second fatal shooting on the reservation in less than a week. Both times,
sheriff's deputies from
Riverside County were involved.
The names of the two people, one man and one woman, were not released. On Thursday, Eli Morillo, a 26-year-old tribal member, was killed in a shootout with police officers.
The
Soboba Band of Luiseno
Indians says the county hasn't been providing information about its law enforcement activities. There have been six officer-related shootings in the past six months on or near the reservation.
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