Shooting incident leads to arrest

A 23-year-old Sisters man allegedly fired a pistol repeatedly as he rode his bike home from a Sisters bar in the wee hours of Friday, August 9.

The escapade landed him in jail facing charges of unlawful use of a weapon, unlawful possession of a firearm, reckless endangering, and driving under the influence of intoxicants.

According to the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office, deputies were dispatched to reports of a shooting complaint in the area of West Felicity Lane on the west side of Sisters at about 12:20 a.m. on Friday, August 9. Multiple 911 calls from citizens reported that they were hearing numerous gun shots from areas to the north and east of the original call for service.

Deputies responded to the area and attempted to locate the origin of the shooting complaint. While searching the area deputies located a man near the Pacific Pride fueling station who appeared to have crashed his bicycle.

The male was identified as Christopher A. Reese, who had sustained minor injuries from the bicycle crash. During the contact a deputy witnessed a black semi-automatic pistol on the sidewalk near the crashed bicycle, and a black hooded sweatshirt. Reese told the deputy the firearm belonged to him.

DCSO reported that during the course of the investigation deputies determined Reese was intoxicated, and he admitted to discharging the semi-automatic pistol numerous times into the ground as he rode his bicycle home from a bar in Sisters.

Evidence on scene and witness statements supported the conclusion that the firearm was discharged into the ground and not towards any individual or building. Witnesses provided statements to the deputies identifying a male riding a bicycle, shooting what appeared to be a handgun into the ground while on the bicycle.

Reese was arrested and lodged at the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office Adult Jail.