John Benoit Detention Center - Photo courtesy of https://www.riversidesheriff.org/

A 20-year-old man was being held in lieu of $1 million Monday for allegedly shooting multiple times at a man standing in a Coachella front yard.

Ramiro Reyes of Coachella was arrested Friday on suspicion of attempted murder and being in possession of a short-barreled shotgun, according to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department.

He was booked into the John J. Benoit Detention Center in Indio.

Sheriff’s deputies responded around 3:30 p.m. Friday to the 50-900 block of Chiapas Drive in Coachella to reports of the shooting, which targeted a man standing in his front yard, authorities said. The man was not injured.

Investigators identified Reyes as a suspect in the shooting and served a warrant at his home, where he was arrested without incident. According to the sheriff’s department, authorities searched his home and found a short-barreled, sawed-off shotgun.

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