Dorian Herrod

Dorian Herrod, a 34-year-old man from Perris Valley, California, was killed in a shooting on the afternoon of December 26, 2022. The incident occurred just after 4 p.m. at a residence in Perris, a city north of Menifee.

According to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department, Herrod was involved in an unspecified confrontation with a woman named Kayla Sherea Foster at a home in the 500 block of Haystack Loop, near Jack Rabbit Court. During the encounter, authorities alleged that Foster, 35, pulled out a gun and shot Herrod once. Witnesses immediately called 911 for help.

Patrol deputies and paramedics arrived at the location within minutes and found Herrod gravely wounded. He was rushed to a regional trauma center, but he succumbed to his injuries a short time later.

Investigators with the sheriff's department arrested Foster that same night. She was taken into custody without incident and booked into the Byrd Detention Center in Murrieta on suspicion of murder, with her bail set at $1 million. Authorities did not disclose a possible motive for the shooting or the nature of the relationship between Foster and Herrod. Records showed that Foster had no prior felony convictions in Riverside County.

The Riverside County District Attorney's Office later charged Foster with murder, along with sentence-enhancing allegations for the use of a firearm and causing great bodily injury. At her arraignment on January 12, 2023, at the Riverside Hall of Justice, Foster pleaded not guilty to the charges. A judge ordered her to remain in custody on $1 million bail and scheduled a felony settlement conference for March 2023. As of January 2023, the case was proceeding through the court system.