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In the quiet evening of December 28, 2025, tragedy struck in Desert Hot Springs, California, when 34-year-old Francisco Lemus was fatally shot. The incident occurred shortly after 7:30 p.m. in the 66000 block of Avenida Cadena, where Lemus was discovered inside a vehicle with gunshot wounds. First responders arrived at the scene to find him, and he was pronounced dead.

The investigation into the shooting led Desert Hot Springs police to a suspect, Michael Alex Dodd, a 19-year-old man from ...Read More
Victim Details

Francisco Lemus

Male

Hispanic / Latino

Desert Hot Springs

CA

2025-12-28

34

Francisco

Lemus

01/21/2026