Bend man arrested in guns-drawn traffic stop, accused of firing shots in SE Bend home during domestic dispute
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- A Bend man was arrested during a guns-drawn traffic stop in northeast Bend Friday morning, accused of firing two shots during a domestic dispute at his southeast Bend home Thursday night.
Shortly after 9 p.m. Thursday, Bend Police responded to a report of a domestic dispute involving a firearm in the 61000 block of SE Manhae Loop, off SE 15th Street, police Communications Manager Sheila Miller said.
When officers arrived, they found a woman and three children outside the residence. Miller said the family members reported that the man, identified as a 37-year-old Bend man, had fired two rounds from a handgun and was still inside the home.
A family member received minor injuries during the dispute, Miller added.
Officers applied for and received a search warrant to enter the home, and the Central Oregon Emergency Response Team responded to the scene and cleared the residence.
The large multi-agency law enforcement presence, including drones and K-9 teams, prompted questions and concerns among neighbors in the Bridges at Shadow Glen neighborhood who contacted NewsChannel 21.
The officers found no one inside the home, Miller said, but did find evidence of shots having been fired inside the home. An extensive search of the surrounding area for the suspect was unsuccessful.
Shortly after 8 a.m. Friday, Bend Police learned the suspect was at a friend’s home in the 3600 block of NE Desert Juniper Lane, Miller said. Officers set up a perimeter in the area.
The friend left the residence in a black Tesla around 8:25 a.m., with the suspect as a passenger. The driver was pulled over in a high-risk traffic stop, including armored vehicle, on Hamby Road near Paloma Drive., Miller said.
The suspect cooperated and was taken into custody at 8:28 a.m. He was lodged at the Deschutes County Jail on suspicion of unlawful use of a weapon, menacing, coercion, pointing a firearm at another, fourth-degree assault and recklessly endangering another person.
NewsChannel 21 policy is not to name arrested individuals until and unless formal charges are filed.
