Warm Springs man arrested in shooting of teen
WARM SPRINGS, Ore. (KTVZ) – A 46-year-old Warm Springs man was arrested Thursday evening on reckless endangering and assault charges in the shooting of a 17-year-old, Police Chief Bill Elliott said Friday.
Warm Springs Tribal Police Department officers responded early Wednesday morning to a report of a shooting near a residential area of Warm Springs, Elliott said.
Officers and medics found the 17-year-old male had been shot. He was taken to St. Charles Madras, “and thankfully, the wounds were not-life-threatening,” Elliott said in a news release. “After surgery and a brief hospital stay, the victim was released.”