HERMISTON — The Umatilla County Sheriff’s Office arrested three older teen males Saturday, Jan. 11, following a drive-by shooting.

The sheriff’s office in a written statement reported its dispatch center received 911 calls at about 2 a.m. for gunshots at a residence in the area of Bridge Road and Westland Road, Hermiston. Deputies responded and collected evidence, which included spent ammunition casings.

The dispatch center at about 3:30 a.m. received more calls about gunshots in the same area. Callers described a white sedan heading from the area toward Powerline Road.

A Umatilla Police Department officer working on Powerline Road encountered the vehicle, which stopped at a house in Umatilla, according to the sheriff’s office. Three people exited and went inside the house. After a short time, one person exited the home and was detained.

Law enforcement set up a perimeter around the house, and sheriff’s detectives were called to the scene, according to the sheriff’s office. Detectives linked the car and suspects to the shootings. Detectives obtained a search warrant for the vehicle and house and served the warrant at about 3 p.m. Prior to serving the search warrant, the two remaining persons exited the house and also were detained.

“The search of the suspect vehicle and the house yielded several firearms and ammunition,” according to the statement,

The sheriff’s office arrested Alexis Aguilar, 18, of Umatilla, Abraham Deniz-Chavez, 19, of Irrigon, and Jordan Javary Torres, 18, of Umatilla, for criminal conspiracy related to the shooting.

According to the county’s online jail inmate roster, the sheriff’s office arrested each for the misdemeanor of unlawful possession of a firearm and felonies of criminal conspiracy and possession of a prohibited firearm.

The Umatilla Police Department and the U.S. Marshals Service assisted the sheriff’s office, which also credited residents for reporting the gunshots and vehicle and cooperating with the investigation.

“Without their help, this crime would likely have gone unsolved,” the sheriff’s office stated.

While drive-by shootings pose a threat to the safety of residents, the sheriff’s office also reported, “the investigation shows this home was specifically targeted and not selected at random.