SOAP LAKE – Bail was set at $75,000 for the suspect in Monday’s shooting on Main Ave. East at Daisy St. South in Soap Lake. Julian A. Beauchamp Ortega is seen on home security video leaving the scene of the incident in which the 29 year old confronts the victim from the front yard of a home and then gunfire is heard, before the man is seen falling to the ground, according to court records. He was airlifted to a hospital in Spokane for two gunshot wounds. Ortega was charged Tuesday with first-degree assault. Police have not determined a motive for the shooting. The victim says he does not know Ortega.
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