Bend Police are investigating a homicide that took place in northeast Bend. At approximately 7:16 p.m. on Wednesday, May 7, Bend Police responded to the area of the 100 block of NE Emerson Avenue after dispatch received a report of a deceased person in the area.
Upon arrival, officers located the victim, an unidentified middle-aged white man, who had suffered a fatal injury.
While detectives were investigating the man’s death, officers responded to a trespassing call in the 600 block of NE Irving Avenue. The caller reported a man wearing a backpack running through his yard and behaving strangely. Officers contacted the suspect, identified as a 27-year-old Bend man, and took him into custody on suspicion of second-degree trespassing. Additional investigation revealed that he is the suspect in the man’s death.
He was arrested and taken to the Bend Police Department before being transported to the Deschutes County Jail on suspicion of second-degree murder, first-degree assault and unlawful use of a weapon. Detectives are in the process of serving search warrants.
Attempts to identify the victim are ongoing, and an autopsy will take place today.
