An 18-year-old man was sentenced Thursday in Clark County Superior Court to 366 days in prison for a Dec. 15 drive-by shooting in an apartment complex parking lot in Hazel Dell.
Aaron J. York of Vancouver pleaded guilty to second-degree assault and possession of cocaine as part of a plea agreement negotiated by York’s attorney, Diane Grecco, and Senior Deputy Prosecutor Kasey Vu. In exchange, Vu dropped charges of drive-by shooting, unlawful discharging of a firearm, unlawful possession of a firearm, obstructing a public servant, third-degree theft and reckless endangerment.
A Clark County sheriff’s deputy heard several gunshots at about 11 p.m. Dec. 15 after completing a traffic stop at the corner of Northeast Sixth Avenue and 99th Street. A passenger jumped out of the stopped vehicle, screaming that he saw a man firing a gun in the parking lot of the Parklane Apartments, 10223 N.E. Notchlog Drive, according to a court affidavit.
No injuries were reported.
This is what happened next, according to court records: The deputy drove to the apartment complex and saw a Chrysler PT Cruiser heading toward him. He pulled over the vehicle. Inside were York and a woman, who was not identified in court documents. The woman told the deputy that she and York were at a friend’s house when York asked for a ride to Hazel Dell. She said she drove him to the apartment complex and parked.
