Date: May 8, 2025  

Case #: 2025-00026090 

Incident: Bend Police investigating homicide in NE Bend 

Date / Time of Incident: May 7, 2025 / 7:16 p.m.  

Location: 100 block of NE Emerson Avenue, Bend  

Arrested: Phillip Matthew Howard Evans, 27-year-old Bend resident 
Offenses: Murder II, Assault I – Aggravated, Unlawful Use of a Weapon 

At approximately 7:16 p.m. on Wednesday, May 7, Bend Police responded to the area of the 100 block of NE Emerson Avenue after dispatch received a report of a deceased person in the area.  

Upon arrival, officers located the victim, an unidentified middle-aged white man, who had suffered a fatal injury.  

While detectives were investigating the man’s death, officers responded to a trespassing call in the 600 block of NE Irving Avenue. The caller reported a man wearing a backpack running through his yard and behaving strangely. Officers contacted the man, identified as 27-year-old Phillip Matthew Howard Evans, and took him into custody on suspicion of second-degree trespassing. Additional investigation revealed Evans as the suspect in the man’s death.  

He was arrested and taken to the Bend Police Department before being transported to the Deschutes County Jail on suspicion of second-degree murder, first-degree assault and unlawful use of a weapon. Detectives are in the process of serving search warrants. 

Attempts to identify the victim are ongoing, and an autopsy will take place today.  

Date: May 7, 2025  

Case #: 2025-00025926 

Incident: Serious injury crash closes Bend Parkway for several hours

Date / Time of Incident: May 7, 2025 / 8:11 a.m.  

Location: Bend Parkway near Reed Market Road overpass, Bend  

At approximately 8:11 a.m. on Wednesday, May 7, Bend Police responded to a report of a head-on crash on the Bend Parkway near the Reed Market Road overpass.  

When officers arrived, they found that a black Chevrolet Silverado was traveling southbound on the Parkway when the driver, a 61-year-old Bend man, suffered a medical event and veered into the northbound lanes, striking a Toyota Sienna head-on.  

The driver of the Toyota Sienna, a 21-year-old Bend woman, was partially ejected from the vehicle and sustained life-threatening injuries.  

Both drivers were transported by Bend Fire & Rescue to St. Charles Bend.   

The driver of the Silverado, Bryan Patrick McMahon, was cited for careless driving - causing an accident. 

All northbound lanes and one southbound lane were closed for approximately three hours as the Crash Reconstruction Team completed an investigation.  

Date: May 7, 2025  

Case #: 2025-00025899 

Incident: Bend man shot at SW Bend apartment complex 

Date / Time of Incident: May 6, 2025 / 9:12 p.m.  

Location: Stillwater Crossing Apartments, 60000 block of SW Atwood Drive, Bend  

Arrested: Iziah Nicholas Coleman, 21-year-old Bend resident  
Offenses: Assault I, Unlawful Use of a Weapon, Reckless Endangering, Felon in Possession of a Firearm 

Victim: 20-year-old Bend resident 

At approximately 9:12 p.m., Bend Police responded to a report of a shooting at Stillwater Crossing Apartments on SW Atwood Drive. Multiple callers reported people running through the parking lot of the apartment complex and vehicles speeding away from the scene.  

Officers learned the victim was driven from the area after the shooting. They located the victim in a car at Powers Road and the Bend Parkway, where they rendered aid before medics transported the victim to St. Charles Bend with serious injuries.  

Patrol officers, detectives and members of the Central Oregon Emergency Response Team responded to the apartment complex to investigate the incident.

Officers learned that the suspected shooter, 21-year-old Iziah Nicholas Coleman, checked into Motel 6 in the 200 block of NE Third Street shortly after the shooting. CERT operators responded to the motel and at approximately 12:43 a.m., took Coleman into custody without incident or injury.  

Coleman was transported to the Bend Police Department. He will be transported to the Deschutes County Jail on suspicion of first-degree assault, unlawful use of a weapon, reckless endangering and felon in possession of a firearm.  

A police presence remains at the apartment complex as the investigation continues.   

Date: April 30, 2025  

Case #: 2025-00024564 

Incident: Barricaded subject arrested in SE Bend

Date / Time of Incident: April 30, 2025 / 2:44 p.m.  

Location: 900 block of SE Third Street, Bend  

Arrested: Brach Addison Roberts, 32-year-old Bend resident 

Offenses: Statewide felony warrant 

At approximately 2:44 p.m. on Wednesday, April 30, Bend Police learned that Brach Addison Roberts, a 32-year-old Bend resident, had an active statewide felony warrant and was reportedly in possession of an illegal firearm.  

Officers determined that Roberts was in an apartment at the Old Mill Apartments on SE Third Street and SE McKinley Avenue. The Central Oregon Emergency Response Team was activated, and McKinley Avenue was blocked off between Third and Fourth streets as officers attempted to contact Roberts. Officers loud-hailed Roberts in an effort to get him out of the apartment. Ultimately, officers negotiated him out of the apartment, and Roberts was taken into custody without injury or incident at approximately 5:34 p.m.  

Roberts was transported to the Deschutes County Jail on his felony warrant.  

Date: April 21, 2025 

Case #: 2025-00022583 

Incident: Bend man arrested after violating restraining order, running from officers 

Date / Time of Incident: April 21, 2025 / 11:45 a.m.  

Location: 61500 block of Whitetail Street, Bend 

Arrested: Owen Parker Liening, 21-year-old Bend resident 

Offenses: Restraining Order Violation, Harassment x2, Resisting Arrest 

At approximately 11:45 a.m. on Monday, April 21, Bend Police responded to the area of Whitetail Street in Southeast Bend after someone called 911 screaming before hanging up the phone. Officers en route to the call learned from subsequent 911 calls that a man on scene, later identified as 21-year-old Owen Parker Liening, was armed at a home in the 61500 block of Whitetail Street and in violation of a restraining order.  

When officers arrived, Liening was outside the home and ran southbound through the neighborhood before doubling back toward Silver Rail Elementary School. Officers engaged Liening in the school's parking lot, placed him in a wrap device and took him into custody. There was a large police presence near the school, and the school was alerted to the activity.  

Liening was transported to St. Charles Bend and upon release will be booked into the Deschutes County Jail on suspicion of two counts of harassment, a restraining order violation and resisting arrest.  

Date: April 17, 2025  

Case #: 2025-00021808 

Incident: Bend Police searching for two who ran from traffic stop 

Date / Time of Incident: April 17, 2025 / 10:33 a.m.  

Location: Deschutes Market Road and Eagle Road intersection, Bend  

Suspect: David Alan Mills, 46-year-old Bend resident 

Offenses: Fleeing or Attempting to Elude Police Officer, Burglary I, Felon in Possession of a Firearm, Unlawful Use of a Weapon, Menacing 

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 46-year-old David Alan Mills, 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. Mills 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.  

At approximately 11:20 a.m., Deschutes County 911 dispatchers put out two emergency alerts to people in a half-mile radius of the traffic stop alerting them to the suspects, warning that Mills is armed, and directing anyone who may see the pair to call 911 and not approach them. Both Trinity Lutheran School and Eastmont School were alerted to the incident. Other nearby schools were not in session today.  

The public should expect a continued large police presence in the NE Bend area as the investigation continues.