Charge: Man survives being shot 10 times in Kent love triangle The victim underwent reconstructive surgery to his face

A man underwent reconstructive surgery for his face last week after surviving 10 gunshots by a scorned lover in Kent.

That ex, 25-year-old Nicholas Orn, is now charged with first-degree assault in King County Superior Court.

Kent police went to the Rock Creek Landing apartments on Central Avenue North about 9:17 p.m. Aug. 2 on reports of a shooting, Kent Detective Matt Lorette wrote.

Several 911 callers reported hearing gunshots or a man screaming he had been shot.

One of those callers was a woman who claimed to be the ex-girlfriend of the shooter and reported that her ex-boyfriend, Orn, shot their neighbor. Orn was reportedly suicidal and holding a gun to his head at the apartment.

Police arrived to find a man with a backpack appearing to intentionally walk away from them. When they caught up to him, he no longer had the backpack. Police detained the man, identified as Orn. He claimed the gun was inside his apartment.

Another officer found a man lying on the lawn, covered in blood and screaming that he had been shot. He appeared to have suffered a gunshot wound to his mouth, arm, abdomen and leg. He also claimed Orn shot him.

Medics rushed the man to Harborview Medical Center, where he was intubated and listed in critical condition.

Police determined that the victim was shot in one of the garages at the property, where he lived in a storage unit rented by his mother, who was a resident at the apartment complex.

The ex-girlfriend told police that she dated Orn for nearly two years and that they lived together at one of the apartments until July, when she ended their relationship. Just more than a week later, Orn reportedly learned that she became involved with the victim. He threatened suicide and Kent police involuntarily committed him to Valley Medical Center. On July 17 and again on July 30.

The woman began to sell Orn's property and gave some to the victim, which angered him. He reportedly assaulted his ex-girlfriend on July 31 and broke her cell phone, Lorette wrote.

Orn returned to the apartment Aug. 2 and spoke with his ex-girlfriend, appearing to be in a better mood than before. Hours after he left, the woman was taking her garbage out to find Orn park his purple Chevrolet Camaro in the parking lot and pull a .22 rifle from the trunk. He reportedly followed the woman into her apartment, where he set the gun on the couch between them and smoked methamphetamine, Lorette wrote.

Orn then loaded an extended magazine into the gun and indicated he was mad that she gave some of his property to the victim. He left the apartment with the gun, saying he planned to take his stuff back.

Minutes later, Orn ran back into the apartment, holding the rifle under his chin and telling the woman he was going to kill himself, adding he "just shot [the victim] like 20 times!"

The woman ran out of the apartment and found the victim clinging to a balcony, groaning and covered in blood, reports say. She found a neighbor with a phone so she could call 911.

Police recovered the rifle from the apartment and eight fired shell casings from inside the garage and three outside the garage. They also found two teeth on the couch inside the garage.

Cops did not take Orn's phone from the apartment, but the woman used it to show police threatening texts he had sent her. They included messages such as: "I hope you're gone when I come back there, I don't want to hurt you too," "Honestly I feel like going on a f**king rampage right now," and "I don't even need time to make a decision at this point. I'm certain as to what I'm going to do."

The victim underwent reconstructive surgery Aug. 4 to repair his damaged jaw, tongue, teeth and cheek, Lorette wrote. He remained in intensive care at that time.

Orn was charged with first-degree assault Aug. 5. He remains jailed on $250,000 bail.

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