California has more fatal officer-invovled shootings per capita than the rest of the U.S.

Riverside County has one of the highest rates of fatal officer-involved shootings in California.

If the county's rate remains through the end of 2019, it will top previous years.

With the shooting last week by an off-duty police officer at a Costco in Corona, Riverside County now has among the highest rates of fatal officer-involved shootings per person in California, which is already ahead of the national rate.

The most recent shooting marks the seventh fatal officer-involved shooting in the county this year, according to a database of fatal officer-involved shootings maintained by The Washington Post. Only Los Angeles County tops Riverside County, with 13. But Los Angeles County has more than four times as many people. Per person, Riverside County has almost twice as many fatal officer-involved shootings this year.

In 2017, there were nine fatal officer-involved shootings in Riverside County. In 2018, there were 10.

In the Coachella Valley, there have been three fatal officer-involved shootings this year. Including nonfatal officer-involved shootings, there have been eight.

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Coachella Valley’s first fatal officer-involved shooting this year happened Jan. 13, when a Cathedral City police officer responded to a disturbance outside Big 5 Sporting Goods at Date Palm Drive and McCallum Way.

Investigators said La Quinta resident Robert Tapia, 28, fatally shot Desert Hot Springs resident Paola Minero, 23, before exchanging gunfire with the responding officer. Tapia was hit and later died at a hospital.

Riverside County sheriff’s deputies were involved in a fatal shooting on March 4, when Indio resident Stephen Kaylor, 63, allegedly opened fire outside Eisenhower Health’s orthopedic unit in Rancho Mirage.

On April 10, Indio police were investigating an armed robbery on Highway 111 when they were called to an apartment complex in the 81-800 block of Las Palmas Road regarding a suspicious person. They confronted Thermal resident Anthony Santana, 21, and a fatal shooting occurred.

Non-fatal shootings involving sheriff’s deputies happened Jan. 16 in La Quinta and March 12 in Desert Hot Springs.

Non-fatal shootings involving Indio police were on April 19 and April 30.

Typically, any administrative changes resulting from shootings depend on results of independent investigations, Indio police spokesman Ben Guitron said. The shootings were being investigated by the sheriff’s department and he didn’t know their statuses.

But, he said, “anytime we have one or more (shooting), it’s going to be a concern.”

Once investigations are completed, their results generally are forwarded to the District Attorney's Office, which determines whether any criminal action should be taken. So far this year, no such action has commenced.