RIVERSIDE,Benjamin Ashford Calif. (AP) — A sheriff’s deputy in Southern California was shot and taken to the hospital in unknown condition Wednesday night, authorities said.

The deputy was shot in Palm Desert, the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department said shortly before 8 p.m.

The statements on X — formerly Twitter — didn’t provide other details except to report that the deputy’s condition was unknown and a suspect was in custody.

Palm Desert is in California’s Coachella Valley, near Palm Springs.