Richard David Mondragon, 53, was shot and killed on August 17, 2020, at a residence near Lake Mathews in Riverside, California. The fatal shooting occurred late at night during a confrontation with his housemate, Carl Greg Small, who pulled out a handgun and shot Mondragon once in the upper body. Deputies performed CPR at the scene and Mondragon was taken to Riverside Community Hospital, where he died shortly afterward.

Carl Greg Small, 58, was arrested at the scene; witnesses said he waited in the front yard for law enforcement and surrendered without resistance. He was booked into the Robert Presley Jail in Riverside on suspicion of murder.

The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department led the investigation and the case proceeded with murder charges against Small. Did anyone in the Lake Mathews area see or hear anything the night of August 17, 2020 that could help clarify what sparked the confrontation?