A woman is in critical condition after being shot multiple times by a former employee of a Riverside County business who then turned the gun on himself, police announced Wednesday.

The Sept. 23 violence broke out at around 8:10 a.m. at a tow yard in the 6100 block of Columbus Avenue, according to the City of Riverside Police Department.

Investigators say the suspect, now identified as 53-year-old Ontario resident Ruben Zavala Negrete, a former employee at a business on the property until last week, returned and fired at several employees near one of the buildings.

The 53-year-old then turned his attention to an unidentified female in her late 40s, who he shot multiple times.

“Immediately afterward, he shot and killed himself,” police said.

Both officers and firefighter-paramedics resp

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