A man  is in jail on an attempted murder charge after a motorist was struck by a bullet in a drive-by shooting at Lake Park Drive and Soboba Road on Tuesday.

Christobal Saubel, 18, whose last known address is Soboba Indian Reservation, was arrested after a vehicle chase that started in Banning and ended with a foot chase on Ramona Expressway near Hemet Street in Hemet, according to a release from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department.

Deputies who responded to the 9:30 a.m. shooting call broadcast a description of the vehicle from which the shots were fired, and deputies from the Cabazon station located the late-model BMW on Hathaway Street in Banning a short while later.

When they tried to stop Saubel, he fled, leading them and officers from the Banning Police Department and the California Highway Patrol on a high speed chase into Hemet, according to the news release. A spike strip disabled the BMW on Ramona Expressway and Saubel allgedly fled on foot, but he was captured within a short distance.
The shooting victim, a 50-year-old man, sought help from Soboba police at the gate house a short distance away on Soboba Road.

Deputies found him to be suffering a serious gunshot wound and called in medical aid.

He was taken to a hospital for treatment.

According to the release, Saubel was northbound along Soboba Road when he opened fire on the southbound victim.

The shooting was Saubel’s second encounter with police involving firearms in three days.

On Oct. 9, he and a companion, Timothy Siva, 29, of Palm Springs, were arrested on possession of stolen and concealed weapons charges during a vehicle stop in the 500 block of East Seventh Street in San Jacinto.

Officers saw two handguns partially hidden in the SUV the two occupied, according to a news release. One of the weapons was reported stolen in a residential burglary. The two were charged with carrying a loaded concealed firearm and being felons in possession of a firearm, in addition to the stolen property charge.

Because of the earlier incident, Saubel was also charged with committing a felony while released on bail because of the shooting.

Anyone with information on the shooting is asked to call 791-3419.