Grants Pass 911 received a disturbance call Monday, May 24th, reporting a disturbance involving a 19-year-old male, and the males 17-year-old brother.
As officers arrived on scene, Officers learned that during the altercation, the 19 year old male allegedly used a firearm and shot his juvenile brother. Officers quickly located the 17 year old juvenile male outside of the residence and immediately rendered emergency medical care for a gunshot wound. The father of the two siblings attempted to intervene and was injured during the altercation.
Josephine County Sheriff’s Deputies assisted police officers establishing a perimeter around the home while Officers also contacted the father, safely removing him from the area where he was treated for a non-life-threatening injury.
Grants Pass Fire-Rescue personnel and medics from American Medical Response arrived shortly thereafter, continued aid and transported the juvenile to the Rogue Regional Medical Center in Medford.
The 19 year old, identified as Zenobius R. Lyon from Grants Pass, remained inside the home and refused to exit. Officers established a perimeter around the residence and the Grants Pass SWAT and Negotiation Teams responded. Zenobius refused to exit the residence after several PA announcements.
A short time later, a police officer was able to make cell phone contact with Zenobius and de-escalate a tense standoff, and after several hours of negotiations, Zenobius agreed to exit the residence and was taken into custody without incident.
Zenobius was later interviewed by Grants Pass Department of Public Safety detectives and lodged at the Josephine County Jail on charges of Assault in the First Degree & Unlawful use of a Weapon-Firearm.
