UPDATED Nov. 8, 2019: Gerald Bruce Newman was convicted Thursday of attempted murder, first-degree assault and unlawful use of a weapon, according to court records. KPTV reports he was sentenced to 7 1/2 years in prison.

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Clackamas County Sheriff’s deputies have arrested a 59-year-old man on accusations that he tried to kill another man by shooting him in the chest in the parking lot of a bar in Boring on Friday night.

Deputies booked Gerald Bruce Newman into jail under accusations of attempted murder, first-degree assault and unlawful use of a weapon at the Not So Boring Bar & Grill at 28014 S.E. Wally Road.

The victim was rushed by ambulance to the hospital for treatment, and his current condition isn’t known, said a sheriff’s spokesman in a news release Saturday morning. He is expected to survive his injuries. Authorities identified him as Dustin Schaffer.

Gerald Bruce Newman, 59, is accused of attempted murder stemming from a shooting on Friday, May 3, 2019, at a bar in Boring. (Clackamas County Sheriff's Office).

The Clackamas County Sheriff's Office is investigating the shooting on Friday, May 3, 2019. (CCSO)

Deputies were called to respond to a possible fight at the bar at about 11 p.m. Deputies then received more information that a man had been shot.

Upon arrival, deputies detained Newman without incident, according to the news release. They also confiscated a pistol as evidence.

-- Aimee Green

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