UPDATED: Police and medics respond to gunshot victim in Grand Ronde

A Sheridan man was shot multiple times at a residence located on Southwest Lachance Road in Grand Ronde in the early hours of Thursday, March 27.

According to a Monday, March 31, press release from the Yamhill County Sheriff’s Office, the suspect in the shooting, Cesar Flores, 41, has been arrested on charges of unlawful use of a weapon and assault in the first degree. He remains in custody at the Yamhill County Jail, with a bail set at $750,000.

The Sheriff’s Office said that detectives can confirm that the victim and the suspect were both coworkers and acquaintances at the time of the incident.

The shooting was originally reported on March 27, in a post on the Yamhill County Sheriff’s Office Facebook page, which said that deputies and medics responded to the incident. The wounded victim was transported to a nearby hospital and their condition is not known at this time.

The suspect was originally reported to be a Woodburn resident but was not named.

“He initially fled the scene though he was briefly in contact by telephone with 911,” Yamhill County Sheriff Sam Elliot said in the Facebook post. “After several hours of intensive efforts to locate him, the suspect turned himself in to law enforcement.”

The Sheriff’s Office is still investigating but stated there is no danger to the public at this time related to this incident. Alcohol consumption was a factor in the alleged altercation.

The Yamhill County Sheriff’s Office Special Investigations Unit continues to work diligently to gather additional information regarding the incident. Anyone with information is asked to contact Detective J. Cerda at cerdaj@yamhillcounty.gov or at the Sheriff’s Office’s business line, 503-434-7506.

Sheriff Elliott ended the post by thanking Grand Ronde Tribal Police Department, the Grand Ronde Emergency Services, the Newberg-Dundee Police Department, the Salem Police Department, the Marion County Sheriff’s Office and the Woodburn Police Department for their assistance in the case.