Date: March 9, 2026  

Case #: 2026-00010889 

Incident: Bend Police arrest suspect who pointed gun outside Cascade West 

Date / Time of Incident: March 1, 2026 / 12:09 a.m.  

Arrested: Zachary Lee Coelho, 32-year-old Bend resident  

Offenses: Menacing, Unlawful Use/Carry of a Weapon, Harassment, Felon in Possession of a Weapon, Possession of a Controlled Substance – Cocaine, Manufacture of a Controlled Substance – Cocaine, Delivery of a Controlled Substance – Cocaine   

At approximately 12:09 a.m. on Saturday, March 1, Bend Police responded to a report of a weapons offense near Cascade West on SW Century Drive in Bend.  

A security guard reported that a man who was upset he was not allowed into the bar got into a physical altercation with the security guard, then walked away. The suspect then threatened to shoot the security guard and cocked a gun and pointed it in the air, before leaving the scene.  

Over the course of the investigation, officers identified Zachary Lee Coelho, a 32-year-old Bend resident, as the suspect in the case. At approximately 7:55 p.m. on Friday, March 6, Bend Police conducted a traffic stop on Coelho’s silver Subaru WRX near NE 15th Street and U.S. Highway 20 and took Coelho into custody for the March 1 incident.  

Officers applied for and were granted a search warrant of Coelho’s home and vehicle. At Coelho’s home in the 1700 block of SE Tempest Drive, officers found two firearms and ammunition, as well as a significant amount of cocaine and smaller bags of cocaine, as well as materials commonly used for measuring and packaging drugs.   

Coelho was transported to the Deschutes County Jail and lodged on suspicion of menacing, harassment, unlawful use/carry of a weapon, felon in possession of a weapon, and possession, manufacture and delivery of cocaine.