Man pleads guilty to drive-by shooting, assault

EPHRATA - Prosecutors plan to ask for eight years in prison for

a man accused in three cases of drive-by shooting, assault and

attempted unlawful possession of a firearm.

Salvador J. Harrison, 27, Warden, pleaded guilty to drive-by

shooting, assault in the second degree and three counts of

attempted unlawful possession of a firearm in the second degree in

Grant County Superior Court.

EPHRATA - Prosecutors plan to ask for eight years in prison for a man accused in three cases of drive-by shooting, assault and attempted unlawful possession of a firearm.

Salvador J. Harrison, 27, Warden, pleaded guilty to drive-by shooting, assault in the second degree and three counts of attempted unlawful possession of a firearm in the second degree in Grant County Superior Court.

The drive-by shooting occurred on Broadway Avenue, while Harrison was riding with Nancy Hernandez, 20, Warden. Two women and a girl pulled up next to his car, and the driver yelled at Hernandez to stop because she wanted to fight, according to a Moses Lake police report. The driver explained Hernandez was trying to sleep with her male companion.

Hernandez grabbed a baby's diaper bag from the back, handing it to Harrison. He pulled a gun from the bag and fired at the other car twice, hitting one of the tires. None of the people in the car were injured.

Hernandez pleaded guilty to attempted assault in the second degree in January. Grant County Superior Court Judge Evan Sperline sentenced her to three months in jail.

In a separate case, Harrison and another man drove past a Moses Lake residence in a Ford Aerostar van, and were followed by the victim, her boyfriend, her mother and her mother's boyfriend. The group followed the van to Broad Street, where they pulled up next to it, according to a Grant County sheriff's report.

When victim's mother started arguing with Harrison, he punched her in the face, causing the woman's boyfriend to start fighting with the two men, according to the police report. When Harrison ordered his unnamed accomplice to shoot, the man pulled out a .25 caliber pistol and fired twice, hitting the victim in the arm, according to the police report.

Harrison was originally charged with assault in the first degree for the crime, but prosecutors lessened the charge in the plea agreement.

"In that case, an individual who was with Harrison fired a gun," Prosecutor Angus Lee stated. "Harrison was not the actual shooter."

In a third case, Harrison was arrested after Grant County sheriff's deputies and Moses Lake police responded to a report of illegal burning. When they arrived on the scene, officers smelled marijuana coming from a shop, according to a Grant County sheriff's report.

When people started walking out of the shop, they acted like they were carrying weapons, according to the police report. One of the people was Harrison and officer found him carrying a firearm.

Lee stated the new convictions give Harrison a "strike" under the state's "three strikes" law.

"Harrison has only one prior felony conviction. Harrison now has two strikes and will face life in prison without the possibility of parole if he commits another ‘strike' offense in the future," he stated.