A Vancouver teen appeared Monday morning in Clark County Superior Court after police arrested him in connection with a shooting outside an apartment complex in late September.
Vancouver police officers arrested Mik’l Noah Sandoval, 18, on suspicion of possession of a stolen firearm, three counts of first-degree assault and two counts of unlawful possession of a firearm Friday.
The allegations stem from a Sept. 28 shooting reported at the Brookside 112 apartment complex, 4619 N.E. 112th Ave. Officers responded to the apartments after multiple people called 911 to report someone firing a handgun at people outside the complex.
According to a probable cause affidavit, two women told officers they were in the apartment’s parking lot that evening speaking with an unfamiliar man. As they were speaking, a group approached them, shouting. One of the women told police the group was yelling “gang terms,” and a male wearing a red T-shirt pulled out a handgun and fired in their direction.
The three dropped to the ground behind a parked car. When the shooting stopped, the two women ran inside an apartment. They barred the door from the man they were speaking to, and he ran away from the complex, the affidavit says. No injuries were reported at the time.
Investigators reviewed surveillance cameras from an apartment building about a block away from the shooting. They captured video of the suspected shooter, who lived in the apartments, according to court records.
Officers identified the suspect as Sandoval, and witnesses to the shooting identified him through a photo lineup as the person wearing the red T-shirt, according to court records.
Officers searched Sandoval’s home in late October and found a pistol and stolen rifle. Court records say Sandoval told officers the weapons were his.
He also said he fired the pistol into the ground a few times Sept. 28 because he felt threatened by the unfamiliar man with the two women in the parking lot, according to court records.
Sandoval was previously convicted of first-degree robbery and second-degree burglary, according to court records, which would preclude him from possessing a firearm.
Sandoval’s bail was set at $200,000 on Monday, and his next court date scheduled for Nov. 16.
