Case number: 2020-48567
Date and time:? February 14, 2020 at 9:19 p.m.
Location: 1260 NE Purcell Boulevard; Golden Pines Apartments
Suspect: Luis Fernando Almanza-Corona, 37 year-old male, Bend Resident
Suspect Vehicle: Red 2010 Dodge 2500
Victim 1: Valeria Estefania Ambrosio-Villegas, 27 year-old female, Bend Resident
Victim 2: Jorge Cruz-Silva, 28 year-old male, Bend Resident
Victim 3: 12 year-old child, Bend Resident
Victim 4: 8 year-old child, Bend Resident?
On February 14, 2020, Bend Police Officers and Deschutes County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to the report of a shooting at an apartment in the Golden Pines Apartment complex. Once at the scene, officers learned that a dispute had occurred inside an apartment and a handgun had been fired. Four residents had been inside the residence at the time: Valeria Ambrosio-Villegas, Jorge Cruz-Silva and two children. Luis Almanza-Corona, an extended family member who had gone to the apartment, had fired the gun in close proximity to the victims. Almanza-Corona fled the scene in a Dodge 2500. No one was injured in the shooting. The handgun involved in the shooting was left at the scene.
At 9:59 p.m., a Redmond Police Officer observed the Dodge driving in Redmond. A high risk traffic stop was conducted with assistance from Deschutes County Sheriff’s Deputies and Oregon State Police Troopers at SW Canal Boulevard and SW Xero Avenue. Luis Almanza-Corona was the driver and initially refused to surrender. A negotiator with the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office arrived at the scene and successfully negotiated with Almanza-Corona to surrender. Almanza-Corona was transported to the Bend Police Department for further investigation and is expected to be lodged at the Deschutes County Jail on the below charges.
Charges:
Attempt Assault I (1 count)
Menacing (1 counts)
Reckless Endangering (4 counts)
Unlawful Use of a Weapon (1 count)
Burglary I (1 count)
Pointing Firearm at Another (1 Count)
Submitted by: Brian Beekman, Lieutenant / Adam Juhnke, Lieutenant