Updated at 11:05 p.m.
A teen was arrested Friday after police say he shot into an empty car at a Hillsboro apartment complex, drove away and later crashed into another driver while trying to elude officers.
Austin Schnell, 19, of Albany is accused of unlawful use of a weapon, first-degree criminal mischief, unlawful possession of a firearm, attempting to elude police, reckless driving, fourth-degree assualt and reckless endangering. The crash injured one of Schnell’s four passengers, as well as the woman driving the other car, according to Hillsboro police. The two injured people are expected to survive.
The shooting was reported a little after 4 p.m. at the Quatama Crossing Apartments in the 600 block of Northeast Autumncreek Drive, and the shooter was seen driving away after in a Subaru Outback, police said. No one was injured.
The Subaru was spotted by a Hillsboro officer about a mile away on East Main Street, and the driver sped off as the officer got out of his patrol car, police said. The Subaru then crashed into the driver’s side of a Toyota 4Runner at the Northeast Century Boulevard intersection.
Police haven’t said what caused the shooting.
-- Everton Bailey Jr; ebailey@oregonian.com | 503-221-8343 | @EvertonBailey
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