Baker City man faces 11 felonies after Campbell Street shooting
Scott Lee Kenney is asking for lower bail after a Campbell Street shooting brought SWAT and other agencies to the scene. A judge now must weigh public safety, flight risk and a Measure 11 attempted-murder charge.
A Baker City man accused of firing multiple shots inside a Campbell Street home is asking a judge to cut his bail from $450,000 to $100,000, or let him use his home as collateral, as the case moves through one of Baker County’s most serious pretrial fights this spring.
Scott Lee Kenney, 55, was arrested about 10:24 a.m. on May 1 at 3220 Campbell St. after he initially refused to come out of the house and police called in the Eastern Oregon SWAT team. No one was hurt, but the shooting triggered a major response that closed Campbell Street between 10th and 17th streets for a few hours and drew Baker City Police Department officers, Baker County Sheriff’s Office personnel, Oregon State Police and SWAT support to the scene.
A grand jury later indicted Kenney on 11 felony counts, including attempted second-degree murder, attempted first-degree assault, recklessly endangering another person, unlawful use of a weapon, harassment and felon in possession of a firearm. Jail records also listed him as being held on attempted murder, first-degree assault, three counts of reckless endangering, three counts of criminal mischief in the second degree, two counts of harassment, first-degree disorderly conduct, pointing a firearm at another, unlawful use of a weapon and three counts of unlawful possession of firearms.
The bail request puts the court in the center of a familiar but high-stakes question: how much risk can the community absorb while a violent felony case is pending? In Baker County Circuit Court, presided over by Matthew B. Shirtcliff, the judge must balance the seriousness of the allegations, Kenney’s ties to the area and the danger prosecutors say he posed when gunfire erupted inside the home.
The attempted-murder count also carries a mandatory minimum sentence under Oregon’s Measure 11, which voters approved in 1994 and which took effect on April 1, 1995. If convicted of attempted murder, Kenney would face at least 7 years and 6 months in prison.
Kenney’s next scheduled court appearance is June 1, when the court will take up the next phase of a case that has already moved from a neighborhood emergency on Campbell Street to the county’s formal criminal docket.
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