The shooting this month of a Bend teenager involved two other youths and an amount of marijuana, but defense lawyers and the Deschutes County District Attorney’s office differ on whether it was a planned robbery or a pot deal gone bad.

More information emerged Tuesday in the case of Brandon Perez Rodas and Israel Antunez Garcia, both 15, who were formally indicted on adult charges for allegedly robbing and assaulting two people at a northwest Bend apartment complex.

A third suspect, picked up later on similar counts, has been added to the indictment but was not scheduled to appear on Tuesday.

The pair appeared at a hearing in Deschutes County Circuit Court Tuesday by video transmission from the Deschutes County Juvenile Detention Facility.

Rodas’ attorney, Jonathan Char, told Judge A. Michael Adler that Rodas did not participate in a premeditated stick-up.

“It was a marijuana deal that went bad,” he said.

Char moved to lower his client’s bond amount, citing the boy’s lack of a prior criminal record and the fact he’s currently a freshman at Bend High School. He noted police consider Garcia, not Rodas, the trigger man in the alleged shooting.

On the evening of Jan. 8, Bend Police were called to a reported shooting at the Awbrey Pines Apartments near Central Oregon Community College. They arrived to find a 16-year-old with a life-threatening injury.

Police now believe Rodas and Garcia stole marijuana from the apartment and left in a vehicle driven by Jesus Salvador Diego, 18.

Rodas and Garcia were found by officers later that night. Diego was arrested four days later.

On Tuesday, Adler denied Char’s motion to reduce his client’s bond amount to $50,000 — the lowest amount allowable in Oregon for a Measure 11 crime.

Rodas will have to post 10 percent of the $250,000 bond amount to be released, whereupon he would be under house arrest.

“Given the extent of his involvement, $250,000 is appropriate,” said deputy district attorney Dan Reesor.

Reesor read aloud a letter by the victim’s father, Eric Evans, who was seated in the courtroom.

Evans says his son, Trey, will endure “lifelong, debilitating” injuries to his heart and liver as a result of the shooting. He opposed making it easier for Rodas to post bail, saying the boy represented “a threat to our family.” And though Rodas is not alleged to have pulled the trigger on the victim, Evans noted Rodas is accused of using brass knuckles to hit him.

Garcia is charged with seven counts, all felonies: two of first degree robbery, two of unlawful use of a weapon, one of first degree theft, one of first degree attempted murder and one of first degree assault.

Rodas is charged with five felonies: two of first degree robbery, two of unlawful use of a weapon and one of first degree assault.

Diego has been charged with five felonies: two of first degree robbery, two of unlawful use of a weapon and one of first degree assault.

Garcia and Rodas are scheduled to next appear in Deschutes County Circuit Court on Feb. 6.

— Reporter: 541-383-0325, gandrews@bendbulletin.com