Suspect of shooting near University of Oregon arrested

Originally Posted on Emerald Media via UWIRE

**Updated** Daniel Garges is being transferred to Lane County Jail on charges of Attempted Murder, Assault Two and Assault Four.

Daniel Garges, 38, of Eugene was arrested as a suspect in a shooting that occurred yesterday afternoon.

Garges was detained in Marion County this morning according to Lt. Scott Fellman of the Eugene Police Department. The Salem Police Department, Oregon State Police, Woodburn Police Depeartment, Silverton Police Department, and the Gervais Police Department all assisted in the arrest.

Marion County police were able to identify the suspect by the car believed to be driven by Garges from the scene of the shooting to Salem.

The Eugene Police Department and SWAT team units waited nine hours outside Garges’ apartment before receiving information that he was not present at his residence.

“The initial information given said that he was in the apartment, and this being a violent assault case we’re going to take every precaution,” Lt. Fellman told the press earlier today.

According to a press release from EPD, the victim is currently in stable condition and expected to survive. The victim is describe as a female in her twenties. Police are withholding anymore information about the victim for safety reasons.

There was only one gunshot wound on the victim, but police don’t know how many bullets were fired. The shooting is a suspected domestic violence case. The relationship between the suspect and the victim is believed to be boyfriend/girlfriend and both lived at the residence together, according to police.

According to EPD, the shooting is possibly drug-related due to the suspect’s extensive criminal history and status as a felon.

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