SALEM, Ore. — October 28, 2026 — A 23-year-old man has been sentenced to nearly seven years in prison following a 2025 shooting in South Salem that involved a handgun, cocaine and a firearm with an altered serial number.
Pedro Manuel Cisneros was sentenced October 23 by Marion County Circuit Court Judge Sean Armstrong to 81 months in the Oregon Department of Corrections. The sentence followed a bench trial in which the judge found Cisneros guilty of six charges, including attempted first-degree assault with a firearm, unlawful use of a weapon, felon in possession of a firearm, recklessly endangering another person, obliterating a firearm identification number and unlawful possession of cocaine.
The case stems from a June 2025 incident in which Salem police responded to reports of gunfire near King Street and Liberty Road in South Salem.
According to the Marion County District Attorney’s Office, surveillance video showed Cisneros standing near Liberty Road South and firing multiple rounds from a handgun at a passing vehicle. He then left the scene in another vehicle.
Investigators later located and searched Cisneros’ vehicle after obtaining a warrant. Detectives found more than 15 grams of cocaine and a loaded handgun with its serial numbers obliterated, prosecutors said.
Authorities determined that ammunition recovered from the handgun matched shell casings found at the shooting scene, according to the district attorney’s office.
Cisneros was identified by law enforcement as a known gang member and was on probation at the time of the shooting, prosecutors said.
Although Cisneros was convicted on six charges, the court found him not guilty of attempted second-degree murder.
The state had requested a sentence of 160 months in prison, the maximum available under the circumstances, according to the district attorney’s office. The judge ultimately imposed a sentence of 81 months, or six years and nine months.
Marion County District Attorney Brendan Murphy said prosecuting gun violence remains a priority for his office.
“Gun violence is a focus for this office and we will prosecute gun violence aggressively,” Murphy said. He added that prosecutors would seek significant sentences for firearm-related criminal convictions, particularly shootings and illegal firearm possession by people prohibited from owning guns.
The district attorney’s office also credited the Salem Police Department, particularly detectives assigned to the Strategic Investigation Unit, for their work on the case.
The case highlights the criminal consequences of using a firearm in a shooting, as well as possessing a firearm with an obliterated identification number and possessing illegal drugs.
