Details of Banning Shooting, Beaumont Standoff Released, Suspect Identified

Gang investigators with Banning police released details Friday afternoon of a shooting Thursday evening in Banning and a standoff in Beaumont that ended Friday morning when the shooting suspect surrendered.

The shooting was reported at 6:47 p.m. Thursday and police were dispatched to the 1700 block of West Williams Street.

They found a 23-year-old man who had been shot multiple times, police said.

Officers learned the victim was shot near the intersection of Nicolet Street and Sims Street, then drove himself to the 1700 block of West Williams, police said.

The victim was taken to Desert Regional Medical Center in Palm Springs where he was treated. He was expected to survive his injuries, police said.

The San Gorgonio Special Operations Gang Task Force identified the suspect as Ramon Islas Ruiz, a 22-year-old gang member from Beaumont.

At about 7 a.m. Friday, the Gang Task Force tracked Ruiz to a residence in the 1200 block of Massachusetts Avenue Beaumont, where he refused to give himself up, police said.

With assistance from Beaumont police, the Gang Task Force set up a perimeter around the residence and requested help from a Riverside County sheriff's special weapons and tactics team trained to deal with barricaded suspects, according to police.

Shortly after the arrival of the sheriff's SWAT team, Ruiz came out of the residence and gave himself up without incident, police said.

Ruiz was taken into custody by the Gang Task Force and booked at Larry D. Smith Correctional Facility just after 2 p.m. Friday, according to police and inmate records.

The Gang Task Force will be filing attempt murder charges against Ruiz with the Riverside County District Attorney’s Office, police said.

The San Gorgonio Special Operations Gang Task Force can be reached at (951) 922-3170.