Shortly before dawn on September 2, 2024, deputies from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office responded to reports of gunfire at a home in the 85400 block of Valley Road in Coachella. Inside the residence they found 58-year-old Juan Sanchez with multiple gunshot wounds; he was pronounced dead at the scene. Damage consistent with bullet impacts was also observed to the house and a vehicle on the property, and the Central Homicide Unit is treating the death as a homicide.

Investigators initially identified no suspects or arrests and have asked the public for help. The Sheriff’s Department has withheld specific details while the probe continues, and there have been no public reports of arrests in the months after the shooting. Anyone with information is asked to contact Riverside County Sheriff’s investigators at 951-955-2777.

Did anyone in the Coachella area see or hear anything that morning that could help investigators?