PERRIS — A 17-year-old boy suspected of gunning down a man in Perris was behind bars Wednesday. The teenager, identified only as a Perris resident, was arrested and booked into Riverside Juvenile Hall on Tuesday on suspicion of murder. The suspect was identified following a nearly month-long Riverside County Sheriff’s Department investigation into the slaying of 42-year-old Rene Diaz of Lake Elsinore, according to agency spokesman Sgt. Jarred Bishop. He said that just before midnight on Dec. 23, Diaz was at a property on Spectacular Bid Street, near Redlands Avenue, on the south end of Perris, when he was involved in an unspecified confrontation with the teen. The victim was shot multiple times, and the suspect fled, Bishop said. A possible motive was not disclosed. Witnesses called 911, and patrol deputies arrived moments later, finding Diaz critically wounded but clinging to life. He lingered in a coma for a week at Riverside University Medical Center in Moreno Valley before succumbing to his wounds. Bishop said Central Homicide Unit detectives ultimately developed leads that pointed to the teen as the alleged perpetrator. A warrant was served on him at his residence in the 20500 block of Santa Rosa Mine Road in Perris, where he was taken into custody without incident Tuesday. Related Articles Crime and Public Safety | Fugitive suspected of killing Fontana businessman with baseball bat described by police as a ‘hobo’ Crime and Public Safety | Person of interest named in deadly San Jacinto shooting Crime and Public Safety | Man stabbed to death during robbery at Fontana train station Crime and Public Safety | Man killed, boy injured in San Jacinto assault Crime and Public Safety | Brothers get life in prison without parole for killing a man during a robbery in Perris