Woman Shot In Palm Springs Neighborhood, Dies At Hospital

PALM SPRINGS, CA — A woman was fatally shot in Palm Springs Thursday morning, and police are looking for witnesses.

Officers were sent about 2:40 a.m. to the area of Rosa Parks Road and Granada Avenue in the Desert Highland Gateway Estates neighborhood on a shooting report, according to the Palm Springs Police Department. Around the same time, officers learned that time a gunshot victim had died at Desert Regional Medical Center shortly after arrival.

The woman was identified as 19-year-old Alexus Franco of Indio.

Detectives found "evidence of a shooting" two blocks north of the initial call location in the area of Bon Air Drive and Granada Avenue, police said.

Additional information, including a possible motive, was not released.

Witnesses were urged to call Palm Springs detectives at 760-323-8145. Anonymous tipsters can call Crime Stoppers at 760-341-7867.