Bend Police responded Tuesday to a report of a shooting at a home in southwest Bend.
Dispatch received a call to the nonemergency line at approximately 12:17 p.m. The caller reported he had shot someone at a home in the 100 block of SW Taft Avenue and was still in the residence.
Because of the nature of the call, Bend Police used armored vehicles and asked medics to stage in the area. Several area roads were closed during officers’ response. Negotiators spoke on the line with the caller for several minutes, and officers evacuated homes in the immediate area of the reported incident. Personnel from both the Central Oregon Emergency Response Team and the Sheriff’s Office’s Special Operations Team responded to the scene.
During the investigation, Bend Police were able to get in touch with the homeowners, who were not at home at the time. With their permission, Bend Police cleared the home where the alleged shooting had occurred, found no evidence of a crime and determined there was no threat to the public. Bend Police and assisting law enforcement left the scene around 1:30 p.m.
A criminal investigation into the origin of the call is ongoing.
Bend Police thank Oregon State Police, Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office and Redmond Police Department, as well as Bend Fire, for their assistance on the call.
