Lancaster Man, 19, Arrested in Fatal Shooting in Desert Hot Springs

DESERT HOT SPRINGS (CNS) - A 19-year-old Lancaster man suspected of
fatally shooting a 34-year-old man in Desert Hot Springs was arrested,
authorities said today.
  

Michael Alex Dodd was booked Tuesday into Benoit Detention Center in
Indio on suspicion of murder, according to the Desert Hot Springs Police
Department.
  

Bail information was not immediately available.
  

The shooting was reported shortly after 7:30 p.m. Sunday in the 66000
block of Avenida Cadena. Upon arrival, officers found a man inside a vehicle
with gunshot wounds, and he was pronounced dead at the scene.
  

The victim was identified as Francisco Lemus.
  

Dodd was arrested Tuesday in Lancaster. Police said there are no
outstanding suspects, though the investigation remains ongoing.
  

Anyone with additional information regarding the shooting was asked to
contact Det. Celia Romero at 760-329-6411, or report tips anonymously
through Crime Stoppers at 760-341-7867.
  

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