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Paul R. Joey Lesh, 66, was shot dead on September 26, 2015, in Banning, California, one of two fatal victims in a single-day violent spree. The series of attacks began about 11:36 a.m. when officers found two men in a vehicle on the 700 block of East John Street; one was already dead from a gunshot wound and the other had minor injuries. A short time later a shooting near San Gorgonio Avenue and Nicolet Street shattered a vehicle window and injured a motorist with broken glass.
An assault at an AM/PM on 22nd and Ramsey involved a man beaten while seated in his parked car; the same suspect was described as driving a white SUV. At 12:13 p.m. officers found Paul Lesh shot inside a vehicle that had crashed into a wall outside a city vehicle yard. James Paul Diaz was arrested and charged with two counts of first-degree murder, attempted murder, assault with a deadly weapon and related offenses after a multiagency response.
Does anyone have information about Lesh’s movements that morning or saw the white SUV involved?