Two Cathedral City residents were behind bars Wednesday in connection with the fatal shooting of a 13-year-old boy.

James Ian Carter, 19, and Christian Arturo Ilde Milward, 18, were arrested in San Diego around 8:10 p.m. Monday and were later transferred and booked in Riverside County on suspicion of murder, conspiracy to commit a felony and gang membership, police said.

They were each being held in lieu of $1 million bail.

According to the Cathedral City Police Department, officers responded shortly after 8 p.m. Aug. 13 to a reported shooting at the intersection of Whispering Palms Trail and Mission Indian Trail.

Officers arrived at the scene and found a person suffering from gunshot wounds lying on the ground, according to Cmdr. Jon Enos.

Despite life-saving measures from paramedics

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