Luis Gonzalez, 27, was shot in the late afternoon of October 13, 2025, in the parking lot of a grocery store on the 9200 block of Magnolia Avenue in Riverside. Officers arrived just after 4:20 p.m. and found him with multiple gunshot wounds; despite lifesaving efforts he died at the scene. He was identified as a Perris resident.

Detectives focused on a man who remained at the scene and surrendered to officers. According to police, 27-year-old Edgar Rivera of Moreno Valley was booked into the Robert Presley Detention Center on suspicion of murder and held on $2 million bail; arraignment was to follow. Preliminary findings indicate Gonzalez and Rivera knew each other, though detectives have not said what led to the confrontation.

What did readers in the area see that afternoon, and does anyone have information about why these two men who were acquainted ended up in a deadly encounter?