Seven people were fatally shot on Monday at a rural home in Southern California that authorities say served as an illicit marijuana cultivation operation. But with many other jurisdictions passing bans on cannabis businesses and high barriers to entry where they are allowed, California’s illicit marijuana market continues to thrive. After arriving at the scene, deputies discovered a woman with gunshot wounds. While searching the property, sheriff’s deputies discovered six more gunshot victims who had all died at the scene. The site also had several separate spaces for cultivating marijuana, areas for processing the harvest, and a cannabis oil extraction facility.
Seven people were fatally shot on Monday at a rural home in Southern California that authorities say served as an illicit marijuana cultivation operation. Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco said at a press conference on Tuesday that the property in Aguanga, an unincorporated area northeast of San Diego, was a “major organized crime type operation.”
Deputies responded to the home early Monday morning after dispatchers received a call to 911 and took reports of shots fired and an assault with a deadly weapon occurring at the property. After arriving at the scene, deputies discovered a woman with...
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