Man shot after two women lure him using dating app, Oregon cops say

Two women lured a man off a dating app, then one shot him, Oregon deputies said.

An area resident called 911 at about 5:30 a.m. May 17 to report that someone was shot in a vehicle near Oregon Route 99W in Corvallis, the Benton County Sheriff’s Office said in a Facebook post.

The 20-year-old Salem women met the man on Chispa, a dating app for Latino men and women, deputies said.

Chispa did not immediately respond to McClatchy News’ request for comment on May 23.

Julia Dell Yepez is accused of shooting the man in the vehicle, then she fled the area with Alexa Montano Corral, deputies said.

The man had “non-life-threatening gunshot wounds,” deputies said.

Dell Yepez was arrested May 20 on charges of:

• Attempted murder
• First-degree assault
• Menacing
• Unlawful use of a weapon
• Reckless endangering
• Second-degree kidnapping

Montano Corral was arrested May 22 on charges of:

• Conspiracy to commit attempted murder
• Conspiracy to commit first-degree assault
• Conspiracy to commit second-degree kidnapping
• Conspiracy to commit unlawful use of a weapon
• Conspiracy to commit menacing
• Conspiracy to commit reckless endangering

Dell Yepez’s bail is set at $300,000, and Montano Corral’s bail is set at $250,000.

Deputies said they do not know if the women stole anything from the man as the investigation is ongoing.

Corvallis is about a 35-mile drive southwest from Salem.

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