A suspect in connection to a shooting at Don Juan Cantina and Grill over the weekend that injured a man was charged Thursday with three Level 5 felonies.
On May 4, the South Bend Police Department responded to a ShotSpotter notification in the 3400 block of West Sample Street around 1:15 a.m., officers and were told a man was injured in the shooting, the department said in a press release. The victim’s injuries were non-life-threatening and he was transported to the hospital, police said.
The department’s Violent Crimes Unit conducted an investigation and identified Jose Ortiz, 23, as a suspect, police said in a May 8 press release.
Ortiz, who was booked into the St. Joseph County Jail on May 7, was charged by the St. Joseph County Prosecutor’s office with three Level five felonies: battery by means of a deadly weapon, criminal recklessness due to shooting a firearm into a building and possession of methamphetamine being less than five grams.
According to public court records on MyCase Indiana, an initial hearing for Ortiz has not yet been set.
Email Tribune staff writer Camille Sarabia at csarabia@gannett.com.
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Reporting by Camille Sarabia, South Bend Tribune / South Bend Tribune
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