Emilio Espinoza, 24, was shot and killed in Riverside, California, in the early morning hours of September 16, 2019. Officers who responded to a reported shooting in the 900 block of West La Cadena Drive found Espinoza with a gunshot wound; paramedics transported him to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead.

The Robbery-Homicide Unit, Forensics Unit and the Riverside County Sheriff-Coroner’s Office led the investigation. Detectives traced the suspected shooter to a nearby apartment and later identified and located the suspect. At about 7:00 p.m. the same day, METRO officers attempted to stop Tyler Allen Diaz, 28, in a vehicle; he fled and led officers on a roughly 20-minute pursuit that ended on the 60 Freeway when his vehicle collided with another car. Diaz was apprehended after trying to run and was booked into the Robert Presley Detention Center on charges of murder and felony evading a peace officer, held without bail.

Anyone with information about the shooting or who witnessed the pursuit is asked to come forward.