An ominous broadcast came out over the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department frequency Friday night, Feb. 22: A man with an Uzi had shot his wife and was holding hostages in San Jacinto.
Neighbors said they saw squad cars, a sheriff’s helicopter, fire engines and an ambulance near Evans Street and Katrina Lane.
“We pretty much had everyone rolling there,” Deputy Josh Morales said.
No one came out of the house despite deputies’ commands over their loudspeakers.
And then it was over.
“Someone was playing video games inside,” Morales said.
Apparently with realistic sound, too, although it wasn’t clear who made the report of a crime or why.
The gamers had headphones on, so they didn’t hear the orders to come outside. The father of one of the gamers eventually came outside to see what all the fuss was about.
