An 18-year-old man already jailed for an alleged shooting at a Vancouver apartment complex in September has been implicated in an October home invasion robbery in the Rose Village neighborhood.
Mik’l Noah Sandoval appeared Monday in Clark County Superior County to face allegations of first-degree robbery, first-degree assault, first-degree burglary and first-degree kidnapping. Judge Gregory Gonzales set Sandoval’s bail at $75,000 in the case.
The alleged armed robbery was first made public in late December, when Vancouver police arrested 18-year-old Josiah William Rodriguez.
A probable cause affidavit said “several suspects” were involved in the incident, but the affidavit filed in Sandoval’s case says five suspects wearing bandanas broke into the home.
Vancouver police officers were dispatched shortly after 1 a.m. Oct. 31 to 2010 E. Fourth Plain Blvd., for a noise complaint. They spoke to two 18-year-old women who said they were just robbed at gunpoint inside their apartment. A witness at the address also told police a third 18-year-old victim was riding his bicycle down the street when he was shot at by an unknown person in a silver vehicle, according to a probable cause affidavit. The teen was uninjured.
One of the victims knew two of the suspects, court records say.
Nearly a month later, on Nov. 19, detectives interviewed 15-year-old Robert D. Knezevich. He said he went to the apartment, armed with a 9mm Ruger, looking for someone named “Stephan.” Knezevich said he kicked the door open and couldn’t find whom he was looking for so he took a woman’s personal belongings and left, according to the affidavit.
When he was driving away from the apartment, Knezevich said he pulled up next to the third victim and shot at him once. He also admitted to robbing a Chevron gas station, as well as attempting to kill rival gang members. He said he was an active, working member of the Norte?o gang, according to court records, and that he twice tried to kill a man.
Police continued to interview witnesses through December, and Sandoval was identified in a photo lineup, according to the affidavit. Sandoval was already in custody at the Clark County Jail in connection with a shooting outside an apartment complex at 4619 N.E. 112th Ave.
According to a probable cause affidavit, two women told officers they were in the parking lot that evening speaking with an unfamiliar man. As they were speaking, a group approached them. One of the women told police the group was yelling “gang terms,” and a male wearing a red T-shirt pulled out a handgun and fired in their direction. No injuries were reported at the time.
Officers identified the suspect as Sandoval, and witnesses to the shooting identified him through a photo lineup as the person wearing the red T-shirt, according to court records.
