Gunshots fired in Lincoln City

On Monday, April 8, at around 3:30 a.m., officers with the Lincoln City Police Department responded to the 1300 block of North Highway 101 on the report of gunshots. Officers learned that an intoxicated male had exited a bar in that area, walked to a nearby vehicle, retrieved a handgun, and then fired several shots into the air before leaving in a different vehicle.

Thanks to eyewitness statements and video surveillance, officers were able to identify the male as 38-year-old Hugo Melo Garcia, of Woodburn. Officers attempted to locate Melo Garcia but were unable to do so.

At around 9 p.m. that day, officers located a male matching Melo Garcia’s description returning to the initial vehicle, but he was determined not to be Melo Garcia nor directly involved in the incident.

On April 9, at approximately 6 p.m., Melo Garcia came to the Lincoln City Police Department to turn himself in. He was taken into custody on charges of disorderly conduct in the second degree and unlawful use of a weapon, and he was transported to the Lincoln County Jail.