Date: April 16, 2026 

Case #: 2026-00011980 

Incident: Man arrested after pulling a gun in March dispute  

Date / Time of Incident: April 16, 2026 / 8:54 a.m. 

Location: NE Butler Market Road and Florence Drive, Bend  

Arrested: Kenneth Noe Gonzalez, 25-year-old Bend resident 

Offenses: Menacing, Assault III 

Bend Police and the Central Oregon Emergency Response Team on Thursday arrested a 25-year-old Bend man involved in a March 7 dispute at Cassity’s Bar in SW Bend.  

At approximately 2 a.m. on Saturday, March 7, Bend Police responded to a report of a physical fight involving multiple bar patrons in the parking lot of Cassity’s Bar at 25 SW Century Drive. During the altercation, one of the participants took out a handgun and pressed it to the victim’s chest for several seconds before leaving the scene.  

Over the course of the investigation, officers identified 25-year-old Kenneth Noe Gonzalez as the suspect in the case.  

At approximately 8:54 a.m. on Thursday, April 16, Bend Police and Central Oregon Emergency Response Team members conducted a traffic stop on a silver Subaru Legacy at the corner of Butler Market Road and Florence Drive in NE Bend. Gonzalez was driving the vehicle, and was taken into custody without incident. He was transported to the Deschutes County Jail on suspicion of menacing and third-degree assault. 

CERT and patrol officers executed three search warrants related to this incident – one on Gonzalez’s home in the 63100 block of Deschutes Market Road, and two on his vehicles.