Oak Harbor man accused of shooting into house, at car

An Oak Harbor man is accused of shooting into his estranged wife’s Southwest Regency Drive house while she, her boyfriend and two children were inside on Oct. 29, according to court documents.

The suspect, 40-year-old Jordan McCully, shot the boyfriend’s car 29 times with an AR-15-style rifle before leaving the loaded gun in a neighbor’s yard, the police report states.

Police received a total of 37 calls from neighbors who heard the gunshots. Nobody was injured in the incident.

McCully appeared in Island County Superior Court Oct. 30. Judge Christon Skinner found probable cause existed to believe McCully committed the crimes of four counts of assault in the first degree, drive-by shooting, burglary in the first degree and malicious mischief in the first degree. All but one of the assault charges are considered domestic-violence-related crimes.

Chief Criminal Deputy Prosecutor Eric Ohme asked the judge to order McCully held in jail without bail. In the alternative, he suggested $1 million bail.

Ohme stressed the seriousness of the crime, saying that McCully presents an “extreme danger” to the community. He said one of the rounds went through the garage door and nearly hit the man, who was struck with debris. Ohme argued that the shooting was “not a spur-of-the-moment thing” since McCully had to retrieve the gun and multiple cartridges before driving over to the house.

“He had to stop, unload and begin firing again,” he said.

In addition, Ohme said McCully could face more than 50 years in prison if found guilty of the charges, firearms enhancement and aggravating factors.

Defense attorney Matt Montoya, however, argued that his client should be held on bail. He pointed out that McCully has no criminal history, nobody was hurt and that other people charged with homicide were held on smaller bail amounts. He said McCully has strong ties to the community and works at the Anacortes refinery.

Skinner agreed with Montoya and set bail at $500,000.

According to the police report on the incident, McCully and his wife had been separated for months and were in the process of getting a divorce. She told police she didn’t want McCully to get into trouble and felt bad about what happened, the report states. She told an officer that McCully didn’t like that she had a boyfriend.

The woman and her boyfriend were sitting on the couch at about 11:30 p.m. when they heard McCully try to force his way into the house, the police report states. After the woman locked the deadbolt, McCully yelled from outside to open the door and for the man to come outside.

In his statement, the boyfriend told police that he went to secure the garage door and McCully fired into it just as he was walking away, the report states. He was hit with pieces of wood from the door.

McCully then shot up the boyfriend’s 2008 Mazda 3, the report indicates. Police later counted 29 bullet holes in the car and noted that radiator fluid was leaking and a tire was flat.

Police searched the area and found the rifle in the backyard of a neighbor’s home. It was loaded with a bullet in the chamber, and the safety was off.

Many residents of the neighborhood called police after hearing the shots. Several callers also reported seeing a man running through several backyards. As a result, officers and deputies swept the area. An officer noticed a pronounced smell of alcohol in one yard and called others to search. They found McCully sitting in a “bush line” and arrested him, a police report states.

The police found three fully loaded magazines inside of McCully’s car, which was parked at the site, the report states.

“The incident was successful due to the resources and teamwork of the ICOM Dispatch, Island County Sheriff’s Office, Oak Harbor Police Department and the Washington State Patrol,” the police said in a statement.

The report states that McCully was also accused of kicking in the door of the home in September.

The story has been corrected to reflect the owner of the car that was shot up.