GRESHAM, Ore. — Police have arrested two young men for the New Year's Eve shooting in Gresham that left one man dead and sent another man to the hospital.
Gresham police responded at about 8:15 p.m. to the report of a shooting near Northeast 188th Avenue and Northeast Irving Court.
Officers found two men who had been shot inside a Dodge pickup truck. The driver, 23-year-old Joshua Cermack, was pronounced dead at the scene. The passenger, 19-year-old Christian Stai, was taken to a hospital with life-threatening injuries.
On Jan. 6, the East Metro SWAT Team executed a search warrant in the 18500 block of NE Everett St., where they arrested 18-year-old Zion Evans and 18-year-old Jacob Cadle.
Both men are being charged with first-degree murder and first-degree robbery.
Evans and Cadle are set to be arraigned Monday morning in the Multnomah County Circuit Court.
Police believe the shooting was drug related.
Anyone who knows anything about the shooting is asked to call the Gresham Police tip line at 503-618-2719.
