A 28-year-old convicted felon accused of firing his gun into another car after a road-rage encounter in Southeast Portland has been indicted on attempted murder and attempted assault charges.

Anthony Paul Lunetta of Gresham pleaded not guilty Monday to the nine-count indictment stemming from a Dec. 10 shooting at Southeast 80th Avenue and Henry Street, according to court records.

Lunetta is accused of driving up to a red Honda Fit after a traffic dispute, firing a .45-caliber pistol into the car, striking the front windshield and narrowly missing a 1-year-old child inside, according to Elisabeth A. Waner, a Multnomah County deputy district attorney.

Detectives found four .45-caliber shell casings in the middle of the intersection and retrieved a bullet from inside the Honda, Waner wrote.

The driver of the Honda described the suspect car as a silver sedan and gave police a partial license plate. Detectives reviewed multiple video surveillance images from the area and identified the suspect car’s full license plate number. The car came back registered to Lunetta, according to a probable cause affidavit.

Officers also obtained a search warrant to review data from Lunetta’s cellphone, which showed he was in the area of the shooting when it occurred, the affidavit says. Police recovered a .45-caliber handgun from Lunetta’s home, according to the court records.

Once arrested, Lunetta told officers, “If this was about road rage and him shooting, there would be a lot of dead people because of all the crazy drivers,’’ Waner wrote in the affidavit.

Lunetta was previously convicted of attempted first-degree assault with a firearm in 2014 and was prohibited from having a gun. He was sentenced then to a year and one month in prison and three years of post-prison supervision.

He’s now charged with attempted murder with a firearm, attempted first-degree assault, five counts of unlawful use of a weapon and two counts of being a felon in possession of a firearm.

His bail was set at $305,000 and he remains in custody in Multnomah County Detention Center. His next court date is April 25 in Multnomah County Circuit Court.

-- Maxine Bernstein

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