A man was shot and injured by an off-duty police officer during an apparent road-rage incident in Murrieta on Monday, Sept. 16, authorities said. Around 9 a.m., an off-duty Hemet Police officer was in the area along the 39500 block of Murrieta Hot Springs Road, near Margarita Road, and witnessed the road rage encounter between two people in a nearby parking lot, according to the Murrieta Police Department. Information on what led to the confrontation was not immediately available, though the man was shot multiple times after the officer attempted to intervene. He was taken to a hospital in critical condition. The officer was not injured in the shooting, and no other injuries were reported. The Murrieta Police Department, along with the Riverside District Attorney’s Office and the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department, were investigating the shooting. Murrieta Hot Springs Road between Margarita and School House Way was closed to traffic Monday afternoon Related Articles Crime and Public Safety | Video shows lengthy struggle between deputy and man in Corona leading to fatal shooting of woman Crime and Public Safety | Speakers criticize Hemet police after man’s fatal shooting Crime and Public Safety | Man pointed BB gun at Covina police officers prior to being shot to death in 2022, DOJ probe finds Crime and Public Safety | Reportedly armed man fatally shot in confrontation with deputies after pursuit in San Bernardino Crime and Public Safety | Armed man shot by deputies at Sprouts in Rancho Cucamonga suspected of prior Upland shooting