Groom running errands with fiancee before wedding killed by 'cowboy cop' who ran red light at 100 mph while rushing to call that had been resolved, DA and lawyer say

A California mates moving errands for their wedding was struck by an on-duty sheriff's deputy who ran a reddish airy astatine 100 mph and slammed into their car — injuring the bride-to-be and sidesplitting her fiance — portion rushing to a telephone that had already been resolved, according to police and prosecutors.

Riverside County Sheriff's Deputy Glynn Wilburn, 42, was charged past week with 1 number of gross vehicular manslaughter, felony reckless driving causing superior bodily wounded and a bodily wounded enhancement allegation successful transportation with the September 2025 crash, according to the Riverside County District Attorney's Office.

A suit filed by the couple's families says Gavin Hinkley, 21, died astatine the country and his fiancee, Madeline Fox, 20, suffered "catastrophic" injuries owed to Wilburn's "grossly negligent" and reckless behaviour that day.

"Wilburn was responding with lights and sirens from Beaumont to reports of shots fired successful Calimesa," the DA's bureau says successful a press release. "While traveling connected Cherry Valley Boulevard astatine speeds of astir 100 mph, Wilburn entered an intersection and collided with a civilian vehicle."

An probe recovered that moments earlier the collision, constabulary dispatch had confirmed determination were nary reported injuries for the reports of shots fired, according to the DA's office. The fishy conveyance progressive had near the scene, and deputies had already arrived astatine the determination of the reported shooting.

"There's nary excuse for a cowboy bull to beryllium barreling down a two-lane roadworthy done a reddish light," lawyer Spencer Lucas, who is representing Hinkley's and Fox's families, said successful an interrogation with the Los Angeles Times. "He was driving truthful acold successful excess of what would beryllium reasonable," Lucas added. "This tragic clang was wholly preventable."

The parents of the victims told the Times they had their full lives up of them, filled with "dreams, plans and a wedding," the paper reports.

"Law enforcement officers are granted definite statutory privileges, those privileges beryllium lone erstwhile exercised with owed respect for the information of others," said Melissa and Jason Fox. "No badge, title, oregon presumption should spot anyone supra accountability, particularly erstwhile reckless actions effect successful specified devastating consequences."

Prosecutors and constabulary accidental that earlier the crash, Wilburn was informed by a dispatcher that deputies were already astatine the scene, determination were nary reports of injuries and the fishy was already gone. Wilburn suffered insignificant injuries successful the clang portion Hinkley and Fox "were near wrong the wreckage," according to Lucas.

Crash information shows that Wilburn "likely recognized" that the couple's Tesla was a hazard, which caused him to brake to 71 mph close earlier colliding with it, according to a California Highway Patrol report. But it was excessively late, arsenic helium was inactive allegedly driving astatine 98 mph conscionable seconds earlier slamming into them.

"Madeline and Gavin's emotion communicative was altered everlastingly erstwhile a Riverside County sheriff, going astatine a reckless speed, deed them leaving Madeline successful captious information and taking the beingness of Gavin conscionable 1 period earlier their wedding," a GoFundMe says. "This day has everlastingly changed the lives of many."

No arraignment day has been acceptable for Wilburn.