hello i'm riverside county sheriff chad bianco this critical incident briefing concerns a deputy-involved shooting that occurred in the city of wildemar on january 2nd 2022 when we have a critical incident we want to share as much information as possible as soon as the investigation allows on sunday january 2nd around 1 25 pm riverside county sheriff's department dispatch was notified by the corona police department of a possible suicidal subject in the wildemar area corona police department dispatch received a call concerning the welfare of a subject by the name of matthew elston the caller believed elston was suicidal and possibly lived in the city of corona the corona police department called elston on his cell phone and while on the phone with him elston made statements about ending his life and being in possession of weapons the corona police department dispatcher believed elston was headed to his estranged girlfriend's residence in the city of wildemar you will now hear dispatch recordings regarding the call for service county um i'm calling in reference to your file number okay what can i help you with um our officer is just getting more updates from the boyfriend he said he's parked in the driveway um he said he's waiting for officers to show up he's wearing his dress blue suicide by cops okay riverside county sheriff's department dispatch contacted elston's estranged girlfriend who was inside a home in the 34600 block of orange street the estranged girlfriend stated elston was on her property trying to break in through a door of the residence she was in fear of her life and was unable to safely leave the home lake elsinore station deputies along with our aviation and special enforcement bureau responded to her residence our helicopter arrived overhead and located elston armed with a rifle attempting to physically pry open a door at the location while multiple deputies responded to the location they received information shots were fired by elston they arrived on scene and located elston on the property in possession of a rifle at that time a deputy involved shooting occurred deputies began life-saving measures on elston paramedics and medical personnel arrived on scene and continued attempts to save his life despite these efforts elston was ultimately pronounced deceased on scene the estranged girlfriend was safely removed from the residence and was not injured multiple spent shell casings were located at the scene indicating elsin fired from an ar-15 style rifle in his possession elston was also in possession of a nine millimeter semi-automatic handgun as a warning some viewers may find this video disturbing and it is not suitable for children here is footage from our department helicopter capturing mr elston's actions we will now show you body worn camera footage from the involved deputy [Music] okay i can't see [Music] he's got the longest the suspect matthew elston a 52 year old resident of corona was struck by the gunfire and pronounced deceased on scene