Detectives are looking for witnesses with footage that captured what investigators believe was an off-duty Hemet police officer's shooting of a man in Murietta on Monday morning. Police arrived at a strip mall parking lot at 39540 Murrieta Hot Springs Road a few minutes after 9 a.

An off-duty Hemet police officer intervening in a road rage confrontation Monday in Murrieta shot one of the parties, critically wounding him.

Detectives in Riverside County are asking for the community’s help in a shooting investigation involving an off-duty Hemet police officer earlier this week. On Sept. 16, officers with the Murrieta Police Department responded to reports of a shooting in a parking lot at 39540 Murrieta Hot Springs Road at around 9:15 a.

The off-duty officer witnessed the confrontation and intervened before opening fire, according to police. He struck the man several times. An ambulance took him to the hospital, where he remains in critical condition.

It is not clear why the off-duty police officer shot the man involved in a road rage argument. News reports say the wounded man may have had a fake gun.

Lesley Marin reports from Murrieta, where an off-duty Hemet police officer shot a man after he allegedly witnessed a road rage incident on Monday morning, leaving him in critical condition.

A shooting occurred on Monday morning at a shopping center near Murrieta Hot Springs Road, leaving at least one person in critical condition. The incident, which stemmed from a road rage confrontation,

A preliminary investigation revealed the off-duty police officer witnessed the apparent road rage incident between the two individuals and intervened, leading to the shooting.

A man in Riverside County was rushed to the hospital in critical condition after reportedly being shot multiple times by an off-duty police officer who intervened during what authorities are calling a road-rage incident Monday.