SHOTS FIRED: Bend man run over in parking lot of Shilo Inn
KTVZ – News Team
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — A 23 year old Bend resident has been arrested and charged with felony hit and run and unlawful use of a weapon. Early Monday morning, Police responded to a report of gun shots fired in the parking lot of the Shilo Inn in North Bend.
Police learned the suspect came to a large gathering at the Shilo Inn and got into an argument with two other partygoers. The suspect allegedly fired a handgun multiple times during the altercation, though none of the shots fired struck anyone.
According to Bend Police, the suspect then hit a 32 year old Bend man with a vehicle before fleeing the scene.
Here is the full press release from Bend Police:
At approximately 4:03 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 2, Bend Police responded to a report of shots fired in the parking lot of Shilo Inn on O.B. Riley Road in Bend.
Responding officers learned that the suspect showed up to a large party at the hotel and got into an argument with two partygoers. During the altercation, the suspect allegedly fired a handgun three times. None of the shots fired struck anyone, but the suspect then struck a 32-year-old Bend man with a vehicle before driving away from the scene.
Officers saw a truck speeding southbound on NE Third Street and conducted a traffic stop on the vehicle near NE Fourth Street and Quimby Avenue. Inside, officers located the victim of the vehicular assault and provided care to him until Bend Fire medics arrived to transport him to St. Charles Bend with non-life-threatening injuries.
Approximately an hour after the assault, a blue Ford Explorer was found abandoned on the Wilson Avenue overpass of the Bend Parkway with the doors open and the keys still in the ignition. Damage to the vehicle and evidence found around the vehicle were consistent with the earlier assault.
Detectives and patrol officers investigating the incident identified the suspect as Jeison Barrios, a 23-year-old Bend resident. At approximately 12:30 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 2, officers located Barrios at Cascade Lodge in the 400 block of SE Third Street. He was taken into custody and transported to the Bend Police Department before being lodged at the Deschutes County Jail on the above offenses.
Bend Police wish to thank the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office for its assistance in this case.