Deputies Arrest Male Hiding in Residence After Less Lethal Pistol Shooting



On April 2nd at about 3:30 a.m., Lane County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a property in the 25800 block of Sundown Drive east of Crow for a report of a person who had been shot. Deputies were able to determine the victim was in a travel trailer on the property and contacted him for medical care. The victim had been shot multiple times by a self-defense less lethal pistol, causing significant injury.

Deputies then contacted multiple people at a residence on the property before finally locating the suspect, Morgan Dakoda Barnum, 26, of Eugene, hiding inside.

After further investigation, Barnum was arrested and lodged at the Lane County Jail for:
- Assault in the 4th Degree
- Unlawful Use of a Weapon



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