Wednesday, 30 July 2014

Illegal Mexican Shot by Mexican Woodburn Safeway Parking lot

Woodburn police respond to shooting near Safeway on Sunday
Woodburn Police - 07/21/14

WOODBURN - Woodburn police responded to a report of a man with a gunshot wound in the Safeway Parking lot located at 1550 N. Pacific Highway, on Sunday afternoon. When officers arrived on scene they saw the victim, a 24-year-old man, lying on the ground with a gunshot wound to the lower back.

Officers determined that the victim, the suspect - identified as Gerardo Ortiz Campos, 26 - and several other people were inside of a vehicle traveling along Highway 211 near Cooley Road. At some point Ortiz Campos fired the handgun outside of a Chevrolet Tahoe. He attempted to unload the weapon and the weapon discharged, sending a bullet through the seat and struck the victim in the back. The victim was treated by the Woodburn Fire Department and then transported to a Portland hospital via LifeFlight.

Officers at the scene recovered the firearm. The victim is currently in the hospital recovering from the incident.

Ortiz Campos was arrested for Assault 3 and transported to the Marion County Jail. Police believe alcohol was involved.

Anyone with information on this incident is asked to contact the Woodburn Police Department at 503-982-2345.

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