Bend Police are searching for two men who ran from a traffic stop in northeast Bend. At approximately 10:33 a.m. on Thursday, April 17, Bend Police attempted a traffic stop on a silver Kia Rio in the area of Deschutes Market and Yeoman roads. Officers believed a person in the car, identified as a 46-year-old Bend man, was associated with a weapons offense that took place on NE Bellevue Drive around 3:30 a.m.
The vehicle did not stop for officers, instead driving into the Solis at Petrosa apartment complex at a high rate of speed. The driver and passenger ran southbound from the car. As of 1:30 p.m., they have not been taken into custody.
The suspects in this incident are described as adult white men. One suspect has a shaved head and may be armed with a firearm. The other person, who officers have not yet identified, was reportedly wearing a black flat-billed baseball cap.
The public should expect a continued large police presence in the NE Bend area as the investigation continues.
