Blake Paine was a 19-year-old from Wildomar and a twin who was shot on the afternoon of November 8, 2020, in the parking lot of Calvary Chapel on the 100 block of Riley Street in Lake Elsinore. Deputies arrived after reports around 4:30 p.m. and found Blake on the ground with a gunshot wound; he was taken to Inland Valley Medical Center and died a short time later. Blake’s twin brother, Brad, was with him at the time of the shooting, according to his mother.

Riverside County Sheriff’s investigators identified persons of interest quickly. On November 9, 2020, 18-year-old Joshua Emanuel Navarro of Lake Elsinore was arrested. A second arrest followed on December 14, 2020, when 21-year-old Bryan Richard King II of Carson was taken into custody. A 16-year-old boy was arrested on January 7, 2021; with that arrest authorities announced they were not seeking other suspects. Charges were filed against all three, and the juvenile case was handled in juvenile court and later concluded.

Navarro and King were prosecuted in separate trials at the Southwest Justice Center. Both men were convicted in July 2025 of first-degree murder, assault with a semi-automatic firearm, and possession of an assault rifle and were facing life terms without parole pending sentencing. Does anyone have information about Blake’s last hours at the church or about witnesses who were at the parking lot that afternoon?