Christian Salas, 31, was found shot to death on the evening of July 12, 2024, near the 66100 block of Pierson Boulevard in Desert Hot Springs, about a short distance from the city’s police headquarters. Officers arrived at about 9:04 p.m. and discovered Salas had sustained fatal gunshot wounds. He was a Desert Hot Springs resident and the father of six children, including a newborn; his wife Rachel Salas said the family’s life has been devastated by the loss. A GoFundMe was set up to help with funeral expenses.

No arrests or suspects have been publicly identified and the Desert Hot Springs Police Department has described the investigation as active, asking anyone with information to call 760-329-2904. At Salas’s funeral on July 26, 2024, at Desert Memorial Park in Cathedral City, a separate disturbance occurred when shots were fired into the air; no injuries were reported and the person who fired fled before officers arrived. Does anyone have information that could help identify who was responsible for Christian Salas’s killing?