Whitney Woodworth

Statesman Journal

A Salem woman was arrested on charges of reckless endangerment and reckless driving Sunday night after shots were fired into a vehicle she was pursuing along Lancaster Drive SE, officials said.

Anahi Sanchez-Torres, 24, reported a suspicious vehicle near the 4000 block of Sorrel Court SE at about 11:30 p.m. She told dispatchers her ex-boyfriend was driving by her house and harassing her.

Police reports give the following account of events:

Before Marion County Sheriff's Office deputies arrived to investigate, Sanchez-Torres got in her car and chased the vehicle down Lancaster Drive SE at high speed. During the pursuit, shots were fired from Sanchez-Torres' car into the vehicle.

Salem police officers stopped both vehicles and discovered Sanchez-Torres' 4-year-old daughter and 27-year-old roommate were also in her car. Deputies searched her vehicle and found a loaded gun with the serial number removed.

The man in the other vehicle told investigators he did not know Sanchez-Torres' ex-boyfriend.

The suspect's daughter was taken into protective custody and transferred into the care of the Department of Health Services.

Sanchez-Torres was also charged with unlawful possession of a firearm and obliteration of a serial number. She was released, and her next court date was scheduled for May 9 at 9:30 a.m. at the Marion County Circuit Court Annex.

Deputies are still working to determine who in Sanchez-Torres's car fired the shots. The sheriff's office asked anyone with information to contact 503-588-5032.

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