On June 12, 2024, at 10:28 p.m., deputies from the Washington County Sheriff’s Office and officers from the Beaverton Police Department were dispatched to an assault with a weapon near the 15000 block of SW Farmington Road.
Officers arrived to find an 18-year-old man with a gunshot wound to an arm inside a vehicle. Other occupants of the vehicle ran before police arrived. Responding deputies applied a tourniquet to the victim, who was taken to an area hospital for treatment.
Detectives from the Violent Crimes Unit (VCU) were dispatched to assist with the investigation while officers searched the area for the other occupants. During the search, deputies found a rifle discarded in bushes nearby.
Detectives learned the suspect was 20-year-old Mario Galindo, of Beaverton, and known to the victim. Galindo was located and arrested by detectives this afternoon. Investigators determined that while negligent, the shooting was unintentional. Galindo was lodged in the Washington County Jail for assault in the third degree and reckless endangering another person.
