FBI Joins with Umatilla Tribal Police to Investigate Double Shooting - One Dead

Sunday, March 20, 2016

GoLocalPDX News Team

On Saturday, morning at about 5:30 am, Umatilla Tribal Police received a report that there had been a shooting on the Confederated Tribes of Umatilla Indian Reservation. They found a 27-year old man had been shot. He was transported to a regional hospital, but he died of his injuries. He is a non-tribal member. His name is not being released at this time pending notification of next of kin.

A second adult man was also shot and transported to a regional hospital where he is listed in serious condition. This man is a tribal member of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation.

Shortly after the incident, the Umatilla Tribal Police detained a California man, Victor Contreras, age 23. Following an investigation by the Umatilla Tribal Police and the FBI, agents made a probable cause arrest of Contreras and lodged him in the Umatilla County Jail. Contreras will be transported to Portland on Monday, March 21, 2016, to make an initial appearance before a federal magistrate. Contreras is a non-tribal member.

The investigation is continuing under the leadership of Assistant United States Attorney Scott Kerin who is prosecuting this case.