PRINEVILLE, OR -- Prineville Police are investigating a possible homicide, after a 27-year-old was shot and killed at the Wild Horse Mesa Apartments. Officers found Kade Nichol shot inside an apartment just after 4:30 p.m. Sunday. He was pronounced dead at the scene. 

Within minutes, officers located and detained the suspected shooter, a 29-year-old Prineville man.  Prineville Police Department, assisted by Major Crime Teams, Crook County Sheriff’s Office, Oregon State Police, Oregon State Police Crime Lab, Warm Springs Police Department, Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office, Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office, and the Crook County District Attorney’s Office worked throughout the night executing several search warrants in the collection of evidence in the shooting. 

The preliminary investigation determined the men involved knew each other. Nichol entered the 29-year-old's apartment where the two fought and the 29-year-old fired his gun.

Prineville PD says there is no danger to the public regarding this investigation.  Due to the ongoing investigation, no further details will be released.  

Story updated 01/10/23 with the correct apartment complex title after the wrong name was provided to KBND News.