Crime & Safety

No Foul Play In Death At Temecula Target Parking Lot

The person suffered an apparent medical emergency.

The death is under investigation by the sheriff's department, but no foul play is suspected.
The death is under investigation by the sheriff's department, but no foul play is suspected. (Riverside County Sheriff's Dept.)

TEMECULA, CA — The Riverside County Sheriff's Department is assuring the public that a person's death in a Rancho California Road parking lot Friday morning was not foul play.

Investigators were at the scene of the Target parking lot at 29676 Rancho California Road in Temecula conducting a death investigation.

Despite life-saving measures, the person, whose identity has not been released, was pronounced dead at the scene.

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Shortly before 10 a.m., the sheriff's department tweeted, "Update: There is no danger to the public and no evidence of foul play. Area is a parking lot which is blocked off as we complete the investigation."

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