Update: Bend man shot in SW Bend apartments, suspect in custody while investigation continues
Barney Lerten
(Update: adding video and interview with apartment resident)
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – Multiple agencies are conducting an investigation at the Stillwater Crossing Apartments in Bend, after a 20-year-old Bend man was shot and seriously wounded late Tuesday night, leaving a suspect behind bars.
Our team on the scene saw several Oregon State Forensics vans and even a trail of blood.
Bend Police responded to a report of a shooting at Stillwater Crossing Apartments on SW Atwood Drive, Just after 9 P.M. on Tuesday May 6th.
Upon arrival officers learned the victim had been driven from the area after the shooting. They located the victim in a car at Powers Road and the Bend Parkway, where they rendered aid before medics drove the victim to St. Charles Bend with serious injuries.
Patrol officers, detectives and members of the Central Oregon Emergency Response Team responded to the apartment complex to investigate the incident.
Officers learned that the suspected shooter, a 21-year-old man, checked into Motel 6 in the 200 block of NE Third Street shortly after the shooting. CERT operators responded to the motel before 1:00 AM, and took the man into custody without incident or injury.
Bend Police communications manager Sheila Miller told KTVZ News that “the suspect lives at the apartments, but its not yet clear if the victim lives there.
The suspect was driven to the Bend Police Department and will be moved to the Deschutes County Jail on suspicion of first-degree assault, unlawful use of a weapon, reckless endangering and felon in possession of a firearm.
Police presence in the 60000 block of Atwood Drive is expected to remain at the apartment complex as the investigation continues.