Two injured in Toppenish shooting

Two people are recovering from wounds after a shooting in Toppenish Monday evening.

According to a press release from the Yakima County Sheriff's Office, dispatchers received a call at about 6:20pm about a possible shooting victim in the 900 block of W. 1st Ave. in Toppenish.

Officers with the Toppenish Police Department and Tribal Police Department arrived in the area where they located a single gunshot would victim and transported them to a nearby hospital.

Meanwhile, officers had spotted a vehicle speeding from the area, and conducted a high risk traffic stop. Several subjects were detained for questioning, and a suspect was identified.

A few hours later, the Yakima County Sheriff's Office received a call from a hospital reporting that a second gunshot victim had arrived, possibly related to the previous incident.

After a deputy interviewed the victim, investigators determined that both victims were injured in the same incident.

Deputies say a Christian Stanley Gonzalez, 26, Grandview, was booked into the Yakima County Jail for unlawful possession of a firearm, drive by shooting, and 2 counts of first degree assault.

Both shooting victims are expected to recover from their injuries.

Two other people in Gonzalez's vehicle were booked on outstanding warrants.

Anyone with information is encouraged to call the Yakima County Sheriff’s Office.