PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Two men were arrested after a Multnomah County Sheriff’s deputy saw a Chevy Impala driving away from the scene of a reported shooting in North Portland early Sunday.
Portland police were called to the 4300 block of North Lombard Street around 1:30 a.m. after shots were fired. A deputy in the area spotted car and pulled it over with help from the police.
Three people were initially detained and 2 were arrested: Tyler D. Bristow, 23, and 25-year-old Jeffrey L. Putnam. Both men faces charges of being a felon in possession of a firearm, unlawful use of a weapon and discharge of a firearm in the city.
Putnman also faces a parole violation for a previous 2nd-degree assault conviction.
Investigators found evidence of gunfire in the 7000 block of N. Woolsey Avenue. There are no reported injuries in this shooting.