On June 29, 2023, at about 6:21 p.m., 27-year-old Parveen Singh was fatally shot during an armed robbery at a Mobil gas station on Main Street in Hesperia, California. Deputies found Singh unresponsive on the floor with a gunshot wound; he was taken to a local hospital and pronounced dead. The suspect was described as a 16-year-old male from Victorville who allegedly entered the store, committed the robbery, and fled on foot. Officers arrested him about a block away and booked him into High Desert Juvenile Hall in Apple Valley on charges of murder and robbery.

Singh, originally from Punjab, India, had moved to the United States in 2017 and worked as a gas station clerk. Customers and members of the local community remembered him as friendly and respectful; a memorial was set up outside the station. The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department is investigating and asks anyone with information to contact Homicide Detail or submit an anonymous tip through the We-Tip Hotline.