YAKIMA — Bail has been set at $2 million for a 25-year-old man accused of shooting and wounding a Department of Corrections officer who approached a Yakima home looking for a drive-by shooting suspect.
Erick Romero appeared in Yakima County Superior Court Friday. He was ordered held on suspicion of two counts first-degree assault and other charges.
The corrections officer serving on a violent offenders task force was injured by gunfire Thursday as she and other officers approached the home. She was treated and released from a local hospital. Romero was arrested following a standoff.
KIMA-TV reports that according to court records, three other people inside the home came out before the SWAT team arrived. Court documents show two of them, 21-year-old Fernanda Brewer and 20-year-old Cristino Tejeda, are accused of rendering criminal assistance.
Yakima police say the third person, a minor, who will not be charged.
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