Redmond, Ore. – The Redmond Police Department is investigating a reported shooting which occurred Friday, December 19th, 2014, near Umatilla Park. At approximately 8:24pm RPD Officers responded to Umatilla Park after Dispatch received several calls of shots being fired from a firearm and a vehicle fleeing the area at a high rate of speed. One reporting person stated they heard as many as 12/13 shots fired.
Officers arrived, spoke with several witnesses and searched the area, later discovering evidence of a firearm being discharged near the intersection of SW Umatilla Ave and SW 30th Street. Evidence was recovered at the scene and will be sent to the Oregon State Police Crime Lab for analysis.
While Officers were investigating this incident, Dispatch received a phone call from a homeowner reporting a bullet had come through their window and landed on the kitchen floor. The residence was on SW Meadow Lane, approximately 900 yards away, to the southeast, of the shooting incident. This is being investigated as being related to the Umatilla Park incident, but confirmation is pending ballistic testing.
On Saturday, December 20, 2014, Officers returned to Umatilla Park to look for additional evidence/damage in the daylight. Another homeowner on SW 28th Street was contacted and she reported finding a bullet inside their residence this morning.
At this time it is not known if anyone was injured as a result of this incident. Those living at the locations where bullets entered residences were not injured. The Redmond Police Department is asking the public’s help in identifying a vehicle leaving the area of Umatilla Park at approximately 8:24pm at a high rate of speed. The vehicle was last seen turning north onto SW 27th Street from SW Umatilla Ave. Anyone with information about this incident is encouraged to call Deschutes County Dispatch at 541-693-6911 or go to the Redmond Police Department Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/RedmondPolice#!/RedmondPolice) in order to speak with an Officer or share information.
The Redmond Police Department wishes to thank those living in the area for their help and understanding while this incident was being investigated.
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