Police looking for person who shot into apartment
Gunfire erupted on Fair Street Sunday night, sending residents in one apartment scampering for cover as bullets tore through the front of the structure.
According to McMinnville Police Investigator Lt. Derwin Adcock, the gunman opened fire in front of 124 Fair Street around 10 p.m. Sunday and then returned to his vehicle and fled the area.
“We believe he pulled up, got out of his vehicle and fired several shots,” Adcock said. “We’ve recovered several rounds from the apartment. Some went through the door, passed through the walls and through a window.”
Adcock noted at least three people were inside, each diving for cover when the bullets began riddling the apartment.
Adcock said the gunman had targeted that particular residence since only the one apartment was struck by bullets even though there were several nearby apartments. Police are following up leads as to the identity of the shooter and the motive.
One of the people at the house, Courtney Martin, 18, is presently under charges for last month’s home invasion robbery of a Westwood residence. Police would not speculate as to whether the pending robbery case is connected to Sunday’s shooting.