BEND, Ore. -- A Bend man was arrested Friday night after police said he accidentally shot a woman through the floor of a northeast Bend home. He appeared in court Monday and a judge granted his conditional release from jail.

Officers responded to the home in the 63000 block of NE Layton Avenue shortly after 8 p.m. Friday after receiving reports of a gunshot wound, according to Bend Police Communications Manager Sheila Miller.

Investigators learned that the man, identified as Brandon Paul Ferris, 53, had been in an upstairs bedroom, showing a 9mm handgun to a visitor.

"Ferris mistakenly loaded a live round instead of a training cartridge, and when he fired the gun, the round went through the floor and struck a 24-year-old woman sitting in the room below ... in the arm and abdomen," Miller said.

Arriving officers gave first aid to the woman before she was taken to St. Charles Bend with injuries that police said were not considered life-threatening.

Ferris was taken into custody without incident and booked into the Deschutes County Jail on suspicion of third- and fourth-degree assault.

Court records show Ferris was arraigned by video from jail Monday on an initial felony charge of third-degree assault with a firearm and two Class A misdemeanor charges: fourth-degree assault and a new charge of recklessly endangering another person.

Deschutes County Circuit Judge Wells Ashby signed an order granting Ferris conditional release, pending a Sept. 21 arraignment on an expected grand jury indictment, the records show.

The release conditions included that Ferris must not use, possess or control any weapons, firearms or ammunition and must have no contact with the victim, her family or her home.

Oregon court records indicated no previous criminal record for Ferris.

Friday's incident was Bend's third accidental firearm discharge in recent months. The two others occurred in May, with shots going through walls and leading to no injuries but the arrests of two Bend men.

In one case, Dylan Plymale was scheduled to enter a plea last month to four Class A misdemeanor charges, but the defense requested more time to prepare and it was reset for Sept. 9, court records show.

After Friday's shooting, the department again issued a reminder regarding the importance of responsible firearm ownership.

"Bend Police would like to remind gun owners of the importance of responsible ownership," Miller said. "It is your responsibility to know how to properly handle any firearm you own, and to secure your firearms in a safe manner."

 "Always keep a gun pointed in a safe direction, even when you believe you are handling an unloaded gun," she added. "Keep your finger off the trigger – the only time you should touch the trigger is when you are prepared to use it.

"Never assume a firearm is unloaded – the first thing you should do when you pick up a gun is to check that it is unloaded," Miller's message concluded.

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