A child was taken into custody early Saturday after allegedly firing a gun during a family disturbance at the Orchards Apartment complex in southeast Canby, police said. Officers were called to the scene just after 3:30 a.m. following reports of shots fired, and the disturbance unfolded at the same complex where a kidnapping was reported just over a week earlier.
According to KPTV, Canby police said the incident involved a disturbance among family members that resulted in a single gunshot being fired by a child. Officers recovered the alleged gun at the scene, and the child was taken into custody. Police have not released the child's age.
Conflicting Accounts on Injuries
Accounts differ on whether anyone was hurt in the Saturday morning disturbance. KPTV's report states that police had not said whether anyone was injured, while a report from OregonLive.com indicates police reported no injuries. Neither outlet has offered further detail reconciling the two accounts.
Police also addressed the timing of the incident, noting that it took place at the same complex as a kidnapping reported on Oct. 28, but said the two cases did not appear to be connected or related, per the same KPTV report.
The October Kidnapping Case Still Unfolding
The Orchards Apartments drew heavy police attention just over a week earlier, when a 10-year-old girl was reported missing from the complex around 1:39 a.m. on Oct. 28, according to KPTV's earlier coverage. During that break-in, the girl's 12-year-old sister was struck repeatedly with a hammer and knocked unconscious, the station reported.
Officers later found the kidnapped child hidden in a bedroom at a house in Oregon City and arrested a man as he tried to run out the back, KPTV reported. Federal prosecutors have since filed a criminal complaint against Vince Edgar Chavez, who was already facing state charges including attempted murder, assault, and first-degree kidnapping. KPTV listed Chavez's age as 36, while a report from the Statesman Journal identified him as 35.
KPTV also reported that Chavez entered a not guilty plea through his defense attorney to an indictment charging him with multiple felonies. That case remains active as the Saturday morning disturbance adds a new, separate chapter to the unrest at the same Canby complex in recent weeks.
