Civilian Gun Self-Defense Blog

Springfield police say fatal shooting was self-defense

Police say a fatal shooting in Springfield was an act of self-defense.

The shooting happened Monday night at a home on the 2300 block of E Street. Investigators say Rodolfo Baldenegro, 47, went to the home looking for his estranged girlfriend. Investigators say the woman had filed a restraining order against him.

Police say Baldenegro forced his way into the residence and got into a fight with the woman and another man. Police say the other man shot Baldenegro in self-defense. Baldenegro died at the hospital.

Labels: domestic dispute, female, OR

Portland homeowner shoots suspected prowlers

Police say a man claiming to be protecting his property shot two people Thursday night in northeast Portland.

The incident began about 10:30 p.m. when the police said a homeowner claimed he heard someone trying to break into his RV, which was parked at his home near the 1400 block of Northeast Marine Drive.

When police arrived they said the homeowner had apparently shot the suspected prowlers with a shotgun, hitting a man in the hand. The suspect was not seriously hurt but had some shotgun pellets lodged in his hand. He was transported to the hospital.

A woman with the man was treated at the hospital but the nature of her wounds was not specified. Both were treated, released and arrested.

Delisa Petersen, 21, and Gary Miller, 37, were charged with one count of unauthorized use of a motor vehicle. The man who shot them was not charged.

According to police, the homeowner fired one round into the air as he attempted to stop the suspects.

The man then fired a second round at one of the suspects as they approached him in a threatening way, police said.

Labels: OR, trespassing

Man shoots and kills dog

A man who shot and killed a vicious dog on a neighborhood street will not face charges because he acted in self-defense.

Neighbors say the man followed in a car after seeing two dogs, a pit bull and a doberman, stalking the neighborhood and attack a cat. He got out of the car when he saw the dogs attack another cat. The pit bull turned on the man, at which point he fired two shots and killed the dog.

The cat was taken to a veterinarian, but its injuries were too severe and had to be put down.

An animal countrol officer from Lane County Animal Services responded to the scene, said Tom Howard, LCAS supervisor.

The Lane County Sheriff's Office handled the call.

Both dogs were licensed. The owner of the second dog came and took his dog when contacted by LCAS, Howard said.

Labels: animal, OR

Brookings man draws gun in self-defense

The Brookings Police Department hasn't gotten much sleep in the past 24 hours, as a Brookings man drew a gun on multiple individuals on Monday. In a series of recent incidents, Brookings Police Officers have arrested twelve individuals in multiple cases.

On 05-12-08 at about 7:25 p.m., Officers were dispatched to McDonald's restaurant, 815 Chetco Avenue in Brookings, Oregon for a report of a fight between multiple subjects. While in-route to the call, officers were notified one of the individuals involved in the fight was waving a gun.

Police officers arrived on the scene less than one minute later and found Kerry Von Pohle (9/18/1948) pointing a revolver towards Kevin Eber (10/7/1989) and Jacob Shelton (9/5/1988). Officers drew their firearms and commanded Von Pohle to put his weapon down. Von Pohle complied with these commands. An investigation revealed Von Pohle had drawn his gun in self-defense.

Kevin Eber had thrown a partially full beer can, striking Von Pohle's car. Von Pohle asked Eber why and Eber became violent, telling Von Pohle he was going to kill him. During that exchange, Shelton attacked Von Pohle, striking him with closed fists and slamming his head into a parked car.

Von Pohle attempted to fend off the attack but realized Eber was closing in on him as well. Von Pohle drew his concealed 9mm revolver (for which he had a weapon permit) and pointed it at both subjects telling them if they came any closer he would shoot. The suspects stopped their advance. Von Pohle also had called 911 to notify police.

Eber was arrested within minutes and lodged; Shelton had left the scene and was later arrested. Eber was charged with Menacing, and Disorderly Conduct, and Shelton was charged with Assault and Menacing. Both were lodged in the Curry County Jail. Von Pohle was not charged with a crime.

Labels: altercation, concealed carry permit, OR

Three shot in Clackamas home invasion, marijuana grow also found

Clackamas County deputies say an attempted home invasion occurred in Clackamas, leading to the shootings of two suspects and the roommate of a man living there.

Police also found a small marijuana growing operation at the residence.

It happened Thursday morning inside the rural residence on southeast 162nd, near State Highway 212. The home is located on a 30-acre plot of land.

Authorities got a 911 call at about 3 a.m. from a person who lives at the house, telling them he shot two men who came into the basement section of the home, where his roommate was residing. The man also says his roommate got caught in the crossfire and was also shot.

The three have been hospitalized. Their conditions have not been released but the roommate reportedly does not have life-threatening injuries. The nature of the injuries of the two other people has not been released.

Authorities say they think the marijuana grow at the residence may be the reason the suspects broke into the home, which is located in a secluded area at the end of a long private driveway.

Labels: home invasion, OR

Sprinfield [sic] man shot by motel owner

A Springfield man was in serious condition Wednesday morning after a Tuesday afternoon shooting at a motel near 12th and Main Streets in Springfield.

Police say Columbus Hayles was shot when a fight with the motel owner got out of hand.

Hayles' wife, Sherry, said they were at the motel to pay for a truck they were buying from a tenant there.

Witnesses say the motel owner, Edward Yu and his wife told them to leave. Apparently, when the Hayles couple refused, the fight began. Police say surveillance video shows Columbus Hayles attacking Yu's wife. They say the owner then shot Hayles, with a 38-caliber pistol.

Investigators call the shooting justified, saying the motel owners were within their rights to protect themselves and their property.

Labels: altercation, OR

Drunken man shot in thigh while attempting apartment entry

West Salem family feared for safety as he pounded on door

A drunken man received a gunshot wound to the right thigh while trying to force his way into a West Salem apartment late Monday night, Salem police said.

Salem resident Christopher Cruz, 35, was shot through the door of the apartment by a resident worried for the safety of his wife and 4-day-old child, Salem police Sgt. Kevin Halvorsen said.

Police were called to the residence at 11:45 p.m. Monday as Cruz aggressively knocked on the door at Deer Creek Crossing Apartments in the 1500 block of Wallace Road NW, dispatchers said.

Cruz and the people in the apartment did not know each other, Halvorsen said. Cruz refused demands that he leave and continued to work the doorknob to get in.

Neighbors in the apartment complex said they heard loud banging that drew their attention, and others rose from a sound sleep.

"I stepped out on my balcony, thinking someone was beating on the cars in the parking lot," said Zivile Guevara, who had been working on her computer. "I heard some guy shouting, 'Why are you banging on my door?' "

Salem officers arrived on the grounds of the apartment complex at 11:52 p.m., seven minutes after the initial call, according to dispatch logs.

As officers approached the apartment on foot, they heard two loud thumps they later learned were gunshots, Halvorsen said.

The man in the apartment had fired a 9 mm handgun through the door twice, and one shot hit Cruz.

Cruz was arrested and charged with first-degree attempted burglary and a probation violation warrant for an earlier conviction of driving under the influence, Halvorsen said. No charges were filed against the man who shot Cruz.

Cruz was taken to Salem Hospital for treatment. Three and a half hours after the incident, his blood alcohol level was 0.227 percent, nearly three times the legal limit of 0.08 percent, Halvorsen said.

West Salem man describes how he gunned down intruder trying to pound down his door.

Yev Gerasimenko lives in a West Salem apartment with his wife and newborn child. On Monday, two men came to his door asking for someone who didn't live there. He closed the door and one of them returned minutes later and tried to beat the door down.

Gerasimenko told his wife to grab the baby and seek safety in the apartment. The 25-year-old has a concealed weapons permit and a handgun. He loaded it, warned the intruder to away, who ignored him. Gerasimenko then shot him.

The Statesman Journal has the full story, including reader feedback on the use of guns. Here is an excerpt.

Salem police arrested the intruder, Christopher Cruz, 35, late Monday, minutes after Gerasimenko wounded him. It happened at Deer Creek Crossing Apartments, in the 1500 block of Wallace Road NW.

Cruz has been charged with first-degree attempted burglary while at Salem Hospital, police said. Three and a half hours after the incident, his blood alcohol level was 0.227 percent, nearly three times the legal limit of 0.08 percent, police said.

Gerasimenko came forward Wednesday to tell his story, stung by public criticism that he'd been irresponsible in his gun use while defending his home.

"I want to let people know I was responsible and that a gun in a good responsible citizen's hand is a blessing," said Gerasimenko, 25, a journeyman electrician.

Salem police did not file any charges against him, saying he acted in self-protection.

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Labels: concealed carry permit, home invasion, OR

Portland man, 71, wounds intruder

A Northeast Portland homeowner who came face to face with an intruder in the early morning darkness Friday shot him once in the head, leaving him seriously injured, family members and authorities said.

About 4:50 a.m., Leroy Hudson, 71, and his wife, Janice, 62, awakened to the sound of a break-in, said Walter Hudson, 49, the second of the couple's nine children. Walter Hudson relayed his parents' account of events:

Leroy Hudson was asleep upstairs and Janice Hudson was asleep downstairs in their home near Northeast 107th Avenue and Glisan Street. When they heard suspicious noises from their enclosed back porch, they met in a hall and got out a gun.

Janice Hudson called 9-1-1 to report an intruder. Leroy Hudson opened the back door of the house and found a man standing in front of him. He demanded to know what the man was doing, hoping to scare him off.

But the man said nothing. Instead, he walked toward Leroy Hudson, and Hudson raised the gun and shot him. Police arrived soon after.

Police have not released the intruder's identity but think he's about 26 years old, said Officer Brian Schmautz, a Portland Police Bureau spokesman.

The man's gunshot wound was life-threatening and he had surgery at Legacy Emanuel Hospital & Health Center, Schmautz said. No condition report was available.

Janice Hudson had stayed on the line and told 9-1-1 operators that a gun had been fired and someone was down, Schmautz said. When police reached the home, they stood outside and called for the homeowners to step out. Police then found the man lying on the back porch amid signs of forced entry. The intruder was not armed.

The Hudsons' home was busy Friday with the couple's children and grandchildren stopping by to offer support and help clean up.

Walter Hudson said he was grateful no one in his family was hurt but his thoughts also were with the intruder's family.

"It's so terrible on both sides," he said.

Walter Hudson said his father served in the military about 50 years ago, but he didn't know the details. He didn't believe his father had used a gun on a person outside the military.

His parents and his aunt, who turns 84 today, moved into the house a year and half ago, he said. His father hasn't told him how the incident affected the couple emotionally, but it was a surprise to encounter such a threatening situation in the peaceful neighborhood.

Schmautz cautioned residents about keeping guns at home. An intruder could turn a weapon against a resident in such a confrontation, he said.

Also, Schmautz said residents should weigh the risk of personal danger against the loss of belongings.

No charges have been pressed in the incident. The Multnomah County district attorney's office will consider what action is warranted, Schmautz said.

Police: No charges for homeowner who shot intruder

An elderly man who shot a suspected intruder in the head at his northeast Portland home late last month will not face criminal charges, officials announced Monday.

The Multnomah County District Attorney's Office completed its review of the June 29 incident and determined the case would not go before a grand jury, police said.

According to police, 71-year-old Leroy Hudson awoke in the early morning hours to the sound of breaking glass and someone moving around in an enclosed porch area of his home in the 10700 block of Northeast Glisan Street.

Police have not elaborated on what happened next but at some point Hudson shot at the suspected intruder.

The injured suspect, 26-year-old Brent Alexander Sweet, was treated at Legacy Emanuel Hospital and released over the past weekend.

Police have charged Sweet with first-degree criminal trespass, and he was scheduled to be arraigned Monday.

Labels: home invasion, OR

Alleged Intruder Held At Gunpoint By Homeowner

A Depoe Bay homeowner took matters into his own hands Friday morning when he found an intruder in his house.

Lincoln County Sheriff''s deputies responded to a home on Breeze Street shortly after 1:30 a.m. Friday after the homeowner called police to report that he was holding a suspected intruder at gunpoint.

The homeowner told police he saw the man trespassing in the back yard and that the man entered his home without permission. There were three people inside the home, one of which was a small child.

Authorities took 25-year-old Justin James of Portland into custody on charges of first- and second-degree criminal trespassing.

Stewart is being held in the Lincoln County Jail on $10,000 bail.

Labels: intruder, OR, trespassing

PORTLAND, Ore. -- Police responded to a report of a homeowner who allegedly shot an intruder Monday in southeast Portland.

Police said the intruder ran from the home after being shot. Officers had one person in custody as of 12:50 p.m. Monday.

The incident, which occurred near Southeast 160th Avenue and Powell Boulevard, is still under investigation.

PORTLAND - A gunshot and a foot chase down the street thwarted a suspected burglary attempt in Southeast Portland Monday.

After the suspect was in custody, some of the police attention turned toward the homeowners, and the Gang Enforcement Team was brought in.

It happened shortly after noon. A couple, and their child, were inside the home near Southeast Powell and 160th. Police say they don't know who had the gun initially - the intruder or the homeowner. But they do say that when the suspect entered the home, he was immediately confronted, apparently by that homeowner, who started chasing him down the street. Somewhere along the line, a shot was fired. Officers captured the suspect a couple of blocks away. They took the suspect first to the hospital to be checked out, and then to jail.

But they also detained and questioned the people living there, to determine who shot the gun, where it came from, and whether it was used legally. The homeowner got support from neighbor Rick Boyer, who says he has a gun himself and would use it as protection if necessary. Boyer calls the episode "a warning to thieves".

Members of the Gang Enforcement Team say there are more details yet to be revealed. Meanwhile the suspect is behind bars, after being checked out at a local hospital. There were no injuries and no items were reported stolen.

Labels: home invasion, OR

Juvenile Shot During Alleged Break-In

A 16-year-old Jefferson boy is recovering from a gunshot wound after he was found in another man's home.

Just before 3:30 a.m., deputies were called to a home on High Street on reports of a robbery and shots fired.

Michael Vogler, 59, told the police that he had confronted a male in his house with a gun. At some point the male suspect assaulted Vogler and tried to get the gun away from him. During that struggle, one shot was fired. The juvenile ran into the garage of the home, dove head-first through a window and ran from the area on foot. Vogler had minor injuries to his head and neck as a result of the assault.

At about 6 a.m., Albany Hospital staff contacted the sheriff's office to report that the juvenile had come to the emergency room with a single gunshot wound to the abdomen and a cut on his elbow.

The juvenile was treated and released to his parents to recover from his injuries. The investigation is continuing and criminal charges for the juvenile will be forthcoming. The extent of those charges has yet to be determined.

Home intruder flees after being shot

16-year-old found at Albany hospital seeking treatment

The shooting occurred just before 3:30 a.m. when deputies were called to 470 High St. in Jefferson on a report of a robbery in which a gun was fired, Rau said.

The homeowner, Michael Vogler, 59, told deputies that he had confronted a male intruder in his house, Rau said. Vogler fired one shot during a struggle in which the intruder tried to get Vogler's gun.

After the shot was fired, the intruder ran into the garage of the home, dove head-first through a window and ran from the area, Rau said. Vogler suffered minor injuries to his head and neck during the struggle.

Vogler's wife, Trudy, was home at the time of the shooting but was not involved, Rau said.

About 6 a.m. Albany hospital staff contacted sheriff's officials to report that a juvenile had come to the emergency room with a gunshot wound and a laceration on his elbow.

This is not the first time that a homeowner has shot a teenage intruder in Marion County. Linn Stordahl of South Salem shot and killed Anthony Chance Choate, 16, in April 2003 when he found the Aumsville boy starting a fire in his garage. Choate, a suspected burglar, died from a gunshot wound to the neck.

A Marion County grand jury cleared Stordahl in the shooting.

Man recounts shooting teen intruder

Police identify male who tried to rob Jefferson home

Authorities have identified the suspect in a Saturday home invasion in Jefferson.

A homeowner shot a 16-year-old intruder early Saturday during a struggle inside the man's house, Marion County Sheriff's Sgt. David Cornforth said.

The Sheriff's Office has identified the youth, age 16, but the Statesman Journal is withholding his identity until he is indicted.

The youth is being held at Marion County's juvenile detention center on charges of first degree robbery, first degree criminal mischief, first degree burglary, second degree assault and third degree theft, Cornforth said.

It is the policy of the newspaper not to name juveniles who are arrested, even for so-called Measure 11 crimes, until they are indicted. Under Measure 11, youths younger than 18 will be treated as adults if indicted for certain crimes. First-degree burglary and robbery are two such crimes.

The suspect fled from the house after the shooting. He was located at Samaritan Albany General Hospital, where he sought treatment for a gunshot wound to his abdomen, Deputy Kevin Rau said. The suspect was taken into custody after receiving treatment.

The shooting occurred just before 3:30 a.m. when deputies were called to 470 High St. in Jefferson on a report of a robbery in which a gun was fired, Rau said.

The homeowner, Michael Vogler, 59, said his wife woke him up and told him someone was in the house. Vogler said he took his 0.357-caliber Magnum from a locked cabinet and moved quietly through the dark house.

"Being in a dark house, and you know somebody's there -- talk about being scared," Vogler said Sunday.

He said he heard noise in the laundry room between the kitchen and the garage, and crept toward the sound. Vogler said he kicked the laundry room door open and saw a shadowy figure charge him. He fired one shot during a struggle with the intruder.

"That was the first time I fired that gun in 25 years," he said.

The last time he shot the gun, he had been testing it after buying it.

After the shot was fired, the intruder ran into the garage of the home, dove head-first through a window and ran from the area, Rau said.

Vogler suffered minor injuries to his head and neck during the struggle.

About 6 a.m. Albany hospital staff contacted sheriff's officials to report that a juvenile had come to the emergency room with a gunshot wound and a laceration on his elbow.

Vogler said the incident cast a pall on his family's Easter celebration the next day. He also said he hadn't realized the intruder was so young.

"I don't feel good about it, but I didn't know if he was 11 or 90," Vogler said. "It was just a person in the shadow in the dark, and I was just trying to keep my composure and protect myself and my wife."

Labels: assault, intruder, minor offender, OR

Store owner tackles armed teen robbery suspect

A store owner wrestled an armed 15-year-old robbery suspect to the ground Thursday afternoon and held him at gunpoint until deputies arrived, authorities said.

The incident happened about 2:20 p.m. at the S-n-K Market located at 4791 SE Thiessen Road.

The teen suspect came into the store acting nervous and as he approached the counter with a soda, the store owner noticed a gun, according to Detective Jeffrey Green with the Clackamas County Sheriff's Office.

“The store owner and suspect got into a wrestling match for the weapon, which the store owner was able to take from the suspect,” Green said.

Deputies later found a mask, gloves and a demand note. The weapon, a black powder handgun, was not loaded at the time of the robbery.

The teen’s name was not released.

He was taken to a juvenile detention facility. Charges were still being decided.

Labels: business robbery, criminal's gun taken away and used against him, OR

Neighbor claims he fatally shot dog in self defense

Police don't believe charges will be brought against a Scappoose man who fatally shot his neighbor's Rottweiler.

The 4-year-old dog, named Dozer, died at DoveLewis Animal Hospital in Portland following the Wednesday night shooting.

The neighbor, Harold Peck, is claiming he shot the dog in self defense.

He told investigators that he and his 3-year-old son were trapped in their car as Dozer snarled outside. After they made it inside the home, Peck grabbed a gun before he went out to his mailbox. He shot Dozer on a driveway he shares with the family of the dog's owner.

Peck told investigators the dog charged him from about 70 yards away. When it got to about 10 feet away and still didn't stop, Peck shot the dog, according to Roger Kadell of Columbia County Animal Control.

Kadell said the dog's owner, Don Reed, had been warned last year to control his Rottweiler.

Following the shooting, Reed claimed the shooting was unjustified.

According to Reed, Dozer was barking at a neighbor and the neighbor pulled out a pistol and shot the dog. "I just saw blood running down his chest and I said 'you shot my dog, didn't you?" Reed said. "I can't believe it - just because he was barking at him."

It will be up to the district attorney to decide whether to press criminal charges. But the animal control officer said that in similar cases the use of force has been upheld.

Labels: animal, OR

Shot Fired At Alleged Metal Thief

A man wanted for methamphetamine possession was caught Wednesday morning allegedly stealing metal from an auto salvage yard.
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he owner of U-Pull-It says he caught 29-year-old Neal Anthony Lee stealing, fired a shot into the ground and chased him across the highway. Clackamas County deputies say they found Lee a short while later hiding behind a tree and covered in grease.

"There's not any car part out here that's worth a life, but I'm gonna let them know that I'm here and that I mean business. I'm not here to support their habit," owner Ron Barber told KOIN News 6.

Lee was arrested for burglary and an outstanding warrant in Multnomah County for meth possession. He's expected Thursday in court.

Barber says he plans to install an electric fence.

Labels: business burglary, OR

Man Found Not Guilty Of Murdering Friend

A 27-year-old man accused of murdering his best friend was found not guilty in Multnomah County Circuit Court Tuesday.

Matthew Lisicki was found not guilty after prosecutors were unable to disprove Lisicki's argument that he killed 21-year-old Derek Rew in self defense.

Lisicki's attorneys said Rew punched Lisicki, then 24, in the face and threatened to kill him before Lisicki shot five bullets into Rew. The shots, attorneys said, were fired upward, as if Lisicki had been on the floor looking up at Rew.

Lisicki said he's puzzled why prosecutors charged him with the April 2004 murder. He says that he has been honest from the beginning.

Labels: altercation, OR

Woman fights off intruder who is later arrested

An Oregon man is charged with attempted murder after a struggle inside a rural Ontario home.

Malheur County Sheriff's deputies say 38-year-old Christopher Scott Hardy entered the home of a 33-year-old woman.

She struggled with Hardy for control of his gun and she was able to fire all the rounds, escape and call 911 around 4:30 a.m. Tuesday.

Deputies say the victim knew Hardy.

"Basically what she did is she saved her own life by deciding that she was going to fight and attempt to escape," said Brian Wolfe, Malheur County undersheriff.

Hardy was tracked to another home north of Ontario and arrested.

Back in 2000, he was convicted of attempted rape and several counts of sex abuse against two teenagers and served prison time.

Hardy’s being held in the Malheur County Jail.

Labels: criminal's gun taken away and used against him, home invasion, OR

BLY, Ore. (AP) -- A homeowner in the southern Oregon town of Bly shot and killed two young cougars after he returned home and found them in his woodshed.

The man found his pet cat had been killed before he flushed the cougars out of the woodshed.

He tracked the animals and cornered them on a neighboring lot. But the homeowner called 911 to get permission to shoot the cougars.

Labels: animal, OR

Camper cleared in shooting of ATV driver

An Idaho man acted in self-defense when he shot a man who was headed toward him in an all-terrain vehicle, a Baker County grand jury decided.

Marvin Sauer, 52, of Boise shot Everett Durst, 38, of Vancouver, Wash., in the left leg following a Labor Day dispute near Phillips Reservoir.

The incident started when Sauer and his wife arrived to camp in an area where Durst and his party were riding. The sides had a disagreement and Durst later drove a quad runner to Sauer's campsite.

Durst began spinning the vehicle in circles, stirring up dust and throwing rocks on Sauer's wife, said Matt Shirtcliff, the Baker County district attorney. Shirtcliff said Sauer fired a warning a shot into the air. Durst stopped spinning the vehicle in circles and started driving in Sauer's direction.

"Once Mr. Durst drove the quad runner straight at Mr. Sauer, Sauer was entitled at that point to fire his gun at Mr. Durst to defend himself," Shirtcliff said.

Durst's thighbone was damaged in the shooting, and a metal rod was inserted in his leg, Shirtcliff said.

The grand jury deliberated for seven hours before clearing Sauer on Friday.

Labels: assault, OR

Gunfire follows house blaze

Iraq veteran says he found intruder at site a day later

A two-alarm fire damaged a Salem home Tuesday night, displacing the family of a National Guard sergeant who told police that he exchanged gunshots with an intruder inside his house the morning after the blaze.

Brian Mumey, who was not home when the fire broke out, told police that he returned to his house at 225 Stark St. N after the blaze to check his damaged possessions and saw an unidentified man inside his bedroom Wednesday morning.

Mumey, 43, said the intruder, described as a white male in his 50s, fired a shot at him, prompting him to fire five to six rounds back. After another exchange of gunfire, the unidentified man reportedly fled.

Mumey called 911 to report seeing a man inside his home. His house no longer had a front door because of the fire.

"I saw a light and I thought, 'Great, my house is burnt, and now I'm getting robbed,'" he said.

Salem police did not find any evidence of a suspect inside Mumey's home or any shell casings from a second weapon, said Sgt. Kevin Halvorsen. They did find evidence of gunshots from Mumey's firearm, which he has a permit to carry.

Labels: assault, concealed carry permit, intruder, OR

Police identify man shot during break-in

Southeast Portland - The suspect dies after being shot by an apartment tenant

Portland police identified a man who was shot and died after he broke into a Southeast Portland apartment Saturday night as 39-year-old Galen Patrick Sloan.

Sloan, who had a lengthy criminal record, was shot by a tenant inside the apartment as he and a companion broke in, said Officer Catherine Kent, a Portland Police Bureau spokeswoman. The three knew one another and had had a previous altercation.

A person inside the apartment called to report the shooting in the 9100 block of Southeast Crystal Springs Boulevard just before 9 p.m. Saturday, and police arrived minutes later, Kent said.

They found Sloan wounded, and transported him to Oregon Health & Science University, where he later died. An autopsy Sunday concluded that Sloan died of two gunshot wounds to the torso.

Labels: intruder, OR

Woman shoots ex-boyfriend breaking into her home

GRANTS PASS, Ore. -- A 42-year-old Grants Pass woman called 9-1-1, telling dispatchers her estranged boyfriend, 50-year-old Nicholas Lazares, was breaking into her house to assault her.

Josephine County sheriff's deputies responded to Summit Loop Road.

Virdiana Combs stayed on the phone until dispatchers heard the sound of breaking glass and her screaming. Then the dispatcher heard a gunshot.

According to reports, the man threw an eight pound concrete object through the woman's sliding glass door at the back of the house.

By this time, she locked herself in a bathroom.

Combs says Lazares continued to try to get into the bathroom. That's when Combs shot Lazares in the shoulder.

She then escaped and contacted nine-one-one again.

Officers arrived. Lazares was treated at the hospital then taken to the Josephine County Jail.

Labels: domestic dispute, OR

Wife won't be tried in husband's shooting

Milwaukie - Prosecutors think Rose Perez, 50, killed her spouse in self-defense in January

A 50-year-old Milwaukie woman who said she killed her husband during an argument over a child he'd fathered with another woman will not be prosecuted.

A spokesman for the Clackamas County district attorney's office said Wednesday that after a seven-month investigation by police and prosecutors his office believes Rose Perez killed Juan Gabriel Perez Solis, 36, in self-defense as he was beating her with a stick.

Authorities learned Juan Perez was dead after a hysterical Rose Perez ran to a neighbor's house about 7:30 p.m. Jan. 19 to say she'd shot her husband with a rifle, said Greg Horner, a spokesman and chief deputy district attorney.

The neighbor called Milwaukie police to the Perez home in the 10900 block of Southeast Myrtle Street. Juan Perez wasfound dead from a bullet wound to the chest in the couple's kitchen.

He was holding a wooden dowel or stick in his hand, and Rose Perez's hair was intertwined in his fingers as though he'd pulled it from her head, Horner said.

Rose Perez told investigators that she and her husband had been arguing because he told her he was going to move out of their home and into the home of their daughter-in-law, who was pregnant with Juan Perez's child.

Horner said the couple's argument was considered as a possible motive for murder, but investigators also saw that Rose Perez had been badly beaten. She had severe bruising to her head, including a black eye and wounds to her cheek and forehead, Horner said.

Horner said his office also believes that Juan Perez had beaten his wife in the past. Prosecutors had filed charges against Juan Perez last year after Rose Perez reported to police that he'd assaulted her. But when the trial date arrived, Rose Perez recanted her previous statements and said the injuries she suffered were self-inflicted. Prosecutors were forced to drop the case.

Officer Kevin Krebs, a spokesman for Milwaukie police, said police investigators spent months working on the case because it was complicated and they wanted to be thorough. Also, police didn't consider Rose Perez a flight risk.

Police forwarded the case to the district attorney's office last month for consideration of possible charges, Krebs said.

Labels: domestic abuse, OR

Attacker shot and killed

A Klamath Falls man was shot dead Saturday by one of three men he reportedly attacked and stabbed.

Edward Benny Valdez Jr., 36, died at 5545 Summers Lane at around 11:30 a.m., said Klamath County District Attorney Ed Caleb. Valdez reportedly stabbed Ricky Hargrove, 51, William Hargrove, 80, and William Sorahan, age unknown, then was allegedly shot twice in the chest with a shotgun by Ricky Hargrove.

Ricky Hargrove was the dead man's uncle, William Hargrove his great-uncle.

Klamath County Sheriff's deputies responded to the 911 call for a shooting and when they arrived, they found Valdez dead in the dirt driveway at that address, Caleb said.

The three stabbing victims had already been transported to Merle West Medical Center. As of Saturday evening, William Hargrove was listed in fair condition and Ricky Hargrove and William Sorahan were being treated in the emergency room - their conditions were unavailable.

The county's Major Crime Team was called in to investigate, and they questioned family and friends at the house at 5545 Summers Lane, where William Hargrove lives, and the house next door, 5543 Summers Lane, occupied by Ricky Hargrove. Caleb said authorities then discovered Valdez had gone to one of the homes that morning where he “began acting erratically and in a threatening manner.”

Caleb said authorities believe after a preliminary investigation that Valdez stabbed his uncle's father, William Hargrove and Sorahan at the home. Sorahan was visiting his friend at the time.

Then, Valdez allegedly went next door and stabbed Ricky Hargrove. Valdez was going back to the other home, but, authorities believe, Ricky Hargrove had followed Valdez and shot him, Caleb said.

Investigators had not determined a motive for the stabbings, Caleb said.

“I think we're going to take the case to grand jury and see what the grand jury thinks,” Caleb said of the possibility of charges or whether Ricky Hargrove acted in self defense.

Grand jury decides for self-defense in shooting

A Klamath Falls man fatally shot his nephew in self-defense and will not face any charges, a Klamath County Grand Jury determined Monday.

“They felt he was justified in the shooting,” said District Attorney Ed Caleb.

Caleb, who said 51-year-old Ricky Hargrove's actions against Eddie Valdez Jr., 36, fell into the realm of legal self-defense, brought the case to the grand jury to see what its members thought.

The pool of jurors selected to review potential felony cases found Hargrove feared for his own life and the life of his 14-year-old daughter, who lives with him. This constituted a right to use deadly physical force, Caleb said.

On Aug. 5, authorities said Hargrove's nephew, Valdez, first went to the home of his grandfather, William Hargrove, 80, who lives at 5545 Summers Lane, “in an erratic and threatening manner.” Valdez then wielded a knife and stabbed William Hargrove and Hargrove's friend, Warren Sorahan, before going next door to Ricky Hargrove's home.

After stabbing Ricky Hargrove, Valdez apparently went back next door when Ricky Hargrove shot Valdez twice with a shotgun. Valdez died at the scene.

The three victims were taken to Merle West Medical Center. Ricky Hargrove and Warren Sorahan were treated and released shortly after. William Hargrove was discharged last Friday.

Investigators did not determine a motive for the stabbings. But they believe there's a correlation between Valdez's known drug use and his outburst.

In 1995, Valdez was convicted of possession of a controlled substance, and in 2001, he was convicted of attempted second-degree assault, court records show.

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Beavercreek storeowner shoots alleged burglar

A storeowner shot and wounded a 16-year-old in the back side after he tried to rob his Beavercreek store Saturday night and helped nab another man, sheriff's deputies said.

The alleged burglar remains hospitalized and a second suspect, Jamal James Shihadeh, 18, was charged with first-degree burglary, said Detective James Strovink, a spokesman for the Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office.

Bail was set at $50,000. Shihadeh is scheduled to be arraigned at 3 p.m. July 17th in the Clackamas County Circuit Court.

Police said Robert Finke, the owner of Clarks General Store on South Beavercreek Road, and a neighbor heard breaking glass around 11 p.m. Saturday night and ran to the store, confronting two burglars inside.

The owner held one suspect at gunpoint inside the store, then ordered him to the front porch of the store where he told him to empty his pockets with items stolen from the store, Strovink said.

Shihadeh, who had initially fled the burglary scene, returned to the store and said he was armed with a gun. Both suspects ran from the store, with Finke and his neighbor Travis Wilber in hot pursuit.

Investigators said one of suspects fired several rounds from a weapon, but no one was hit.

Finke, who was armed with a shotgun, shot the 16-year-old suspect once in the rear end with a buckshot load type of ammunition.

The suspect was later airlifted to Legacy Emanuel Hospital in Portland.

When Clackamas County Sheriff's deputies arrived on the scene, Shihadeh was found and taken into custody.

Finke and Wilber were not injured.

Labels: business burglary, OR

ALBANY, Ore. -- A 16-year-old man was shot dead Saturday by an Albany homeowner who believed the teen was breaking into her home, police said.

The victim was later identified as Jeremiah D. O’Sullivan of Albany, said Capt. Eric Carter, a spokesman for Albany Police.

Police said around 2:30 a.m. a homeowner at 2726 S.E. 27th Avenue reported that someone had entered her home, took her purse, car keys and then stole her Buick car. A half hour later, an Albany police officer spotted the stolen car parked near 2496 S.E. 22nd Avenue with a man standing next to it, he said.

The man ran towards the backyard at 2496 S.E. 22nd Avenue and minutes later the officer heard a gunshot. Police officers found O’Sullivan in an adjacent yard with a gunshot wound to his chest, Carter said.

DA: No charges in youth’s shooting

There is no reasonable doubt Bruce Gosnell acted in self-defense, Jason Carlile says

No criminal charges will be filed against Bruce Gosnell Jr., who fatally shot a 16-year-old boy he thought was breaking into his home in Albany, Linn County District Attorney Jason Carlile has decided.

Jeremiah “Jeremy” O’Sullivan was shot at about 3 a.m. on July 1. Gosnell had woken up to noises in his backyard and saw O’Sullivan at an open, screened window of his house in the 2400 block of 22nd Avenue S.E.

The shooting followed a crime spree by several teenagers including O’Sullivan, which started the evening before and included boys drinking at the Albany Skatepark, car prowls, a burglary and a “joy ride” in a stolen car, according to Albany police.

In a two-page letter to Albany Police Detective Ryon McHuron containing his conclusions about the case, DA Carlile wrote:

“Based upon the facts established by the investigation, no criminal charges will be filed against Bruce Gosnell. The law in Oregon requires the state to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the self-defense does not apply. Under the facts here, that would be impossible.

“The physical and other evidence accumulated in this investigation is consistent with the Gosnells’ statements. His behavior immediately following the shooting also substantiates his version of the event. Gosnell said he fired the shot that caused the death of Jeremy O’Sullivan because he thought an intruder was trying to break into his home and he was in fear for his safety and the safety of his wife and children. Such belief was reasonable under the circumstances.”

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Intruder Shot Multiple Times

A 9-1-1 call from a woman in Boring reported that a man who had been harassing her, broke into her residence and her boyfriend shot the intruder multiple times.

It happened at about 2:30 a.m.

Clackamas County Sheriff's officials say the woman told them the intruder had been stalking her. She says the man physically forced his way into her residence.

The man, reported to be 49-years-old, was shot multiple times with a handgun in the upper torso and is reported to be in stable condition. He was air lifted to Legacy Emanuel Hospital.

Authorities say he drove a motorcycle to the address before the shooting.

The woman knows the man by name but denies ever having any type of prior romantic involvement.

No arrests have been made at this stage of the investigation.

Labels: home invasion, OR, stalking

Pendleton store owner pulls gun on robber

A Pendleton storekeeper demonstrated today that robbing stores might not be a wise occupation in the Eastern Oregon rodeo town where he lives.

When a man entered the Double J Drive-Through convenience store about 9 a.m. and demanded money, owner James Dean Zellers, 60, pulled a revolver and held him for police.

Arrested was Raleigh Ray Reynolds, 25, of Pendleton, said police Lt. Mark Swanson.

The robber didn’t have a gun and no shots were fired. “I think by his actions and body language he was deeply surprised that the store owner had a weapon and pulled it on him,” Swanson said.

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Salem police say shooting death likely self-defense

Investigators say a 300-pound man broke down a door, charged couple

What started as an argument involving a woman, her estranged boyfriend and her current boyfriend ended with the former boyfriend shot dead Monday night, Salem police said.

Jason Benjamin Scott, 31, the former boyfriend of Diana Carol Rennels, 26, was found dead by police about 9:35 p.m. at 2375 Coral Ave. NE.

Police said Sean C. Dougherty, 38, Rennels' current boyfriend, who lives with her at the northeast Salem apartment, shot Scott after the 6-foot-4, 300-pound man broke through the front door of Rennels' apartment.

Three children were in the apartment at the time of the shooting and were not injured, police said.

Police are investigating the shooting, Lt. Jim Anglemier said, and the case will be referred to the Marion County District Attorney's Office. Deputy District Attorney Courtland Geyer said the case will be reviewed to determine whether charges should be filed or to classify it as justifiable homicide.

Anglemier said an initial investigation indicated that Dougherty and Rennels feared for their safety.

"After investigating the scene and interviewing the residents of the apartment, we determined the shooting was in self-defense," Anglemier said.

Investigators said the altercation began when Rennels and Scott got into a telephone argument about their 2-year-old son, of whom they share custody.

Scott had cared for his son during the weekend, Anglemier said, and the telephone argument began after he had dropped the boy off at Rennels' apartment Monday evening. The apartment is part of the Lancaster Commons complex of about 100 units.

Scott lived at 3878 Wilma Court NE, about two miles from Rennels' apartment. It wasn't clear Tuesday whether he was calling from the Wilma Court address. During the argument, police said, Dougherty got on the phone and had words with Scott, prompting Scott to come back to the apartment to confront the couple.

Dougherty and Rennels told police that when Scott arrived, he forced his way into their apartment and charged at them as they were seated on a couch. Dougherty picked up a handgun owned by Rennels and fired several shots at Scott, hitting him once in the upper torso, Anglemier said.

"He was a pretty big guy," Anglemier said of Scott. "He was coming at them at a pretty fast pace."

Rennels and Scott broke up last summer and had been having on-again, off-again issues, Anglemier said.
Justifiable-homicide cases are not unheard of in Marion County.

In 2002, a grand jury found that a shooting in Woodburn was justified. Esterbel Rios-Gomez, 22, was shot with a hunting rifle by homeowner Paciano Reyes-Vieyra when Rios-Gomez went to Reyes-Vieyra's residence twice one morning. Rios-Gomez threatened to kill Reyes-Vieyra and his family unless he could see his former girlfriend, who was a relative of Reyes-Vieyra and living at the home. Rios-Gomez and the girlfriend had had a child together.

In 2003, Salem homeowner Linn Stordahl shot Anthony Choate, 16, of Salem, whom Stordahl discovered in his garage after Choate set a box on fire.

Labels: domestic dispute, home invasion, OR

Two suspects held, two at large after burglary attempt, police say

An attempted burglary Monday night involving four people -- at least one armed -- led to an intense manhunt in a South Salem neighborhood, Salem police said.

The people, three male and one female, allegedly forced their way into a residence in the 2300 block of Waln Creek Court S. At least one of the suspects was armed with a gun, and the one person inside the house was armed with a rifle, police said.

"Shots were fired by at least one suspect and the victim," Salem police Lt. Chuck Bennett said. "Nobody was hit."

Two suspects, including the female, were detained near the crime scene. The other two were at large as of 10:30 p.m. One shotgun was recovered in a vehicle where the two detained suspects first were contacted.

Police searched backyards in the neighborhood near Davis Road S. The manhunt involved 13 Salem police units with assistance from the Marion County Sheriff's Department, Bennett said.

The original call came in at 8:23 p.m., Bennett said.

The two suspects remained at large more than two hours later.

Labels: home invasion, OR, residence robbery

Self-defense cited in fatal shooting

A Veneta man who shot and killed an intruder early Friday acted in self-defense and will not be charged with a crime, the Lane County district attorney said.

Tony Gilbert Hernandez, 58, shot the intruder at least twice with a 12-gauge shotgun as the man beat him with a collapsible metal baton, investigators said.

The baton left deep cuts in Hernandez's scalp that had to be stapled shut at Sacred Heart Medical Center in Eugene. He also had injuries on his back.

"This is what we would call self defense," District Attorney Doug Harcleroad said. "You're allowed to use deadly physical force under Oregon law when you're in fear for yourself or your property."

The sheriff's office later identified the intruder as John Aaron Rippet, 40, whose last known address was in Eugene. They found no identification on the man's body, and Hernandez told investigators he had never seen the man before, sheriff's Lt. Randy Smith said.

Hernandez told deputies that someone knocked on his door at the Applegate Apartments, 25011 Hunter Ave., about 5 a.m.

He opened the door and the man attacked him with the baton, beating him on the head and body, Smith said.

The struggle started in the doorway of the two-story apartment and moved throughout the first floor.

"The suspect was continuously yelling at the resident that he was going to kill him," Smith said.

Hernandez broke free and ran to an upstairs bedroom, Smith said. He tried to close the door on his attacker, but the fight continued.

He grabbed the shotgun and fired, Smith said.

Hernandez chased the suspect downstairs, where one of the shots blasted through the front door, scattering pellets and wadding in the parking lot.

He called 911 at 5:06 a.m. and said he had shot an intruder. At least one neighbor heard the shots.

Rippet was dead in the living room when deputies arrived. An autopsy is scheduled for today.

Detectives did not know why Rippet targeted Hernandez. They found no evidence inside his apartment that explained Rippet's motivation, Smith said. And Hernandez said he did not know Rippet, the lieutenant said.

Investigators also had not determined how the man got to the apartment.

Labels: assault, home invasion, OR

Packing a pistol, deputy D.A. nabs suspect in home

A Klamath Falls man was arrested after police said he was caught in the act of burglarizing the home of a deputy district attorney.

Ryan James Dotta, 18, was charged Sunday with burglary and criminal trespass.

The deputy district attorney, Mark Costello, wearing pajamas and armed with a handgun, detained Dotta until police arrived, police said.

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Man shoots car prowl suspect

A 27-year-old soldier just back from Iraq shot a man he said came at him with a screwdriver, after he allegedly tried to steal a car outside the soldier's Beaverton apartment.

Jose Ruiz Gomez of Gresham -- the suspected car prowler -- will be charged with second-degree theft and unlawful entry of a vehicle.

He was hospitalized with a gunshot wound to his leg.

Police are not releasing the name of the man who shot Ruiz Gomez. But they did say they are viewing the incident as a case of self-defense.

Labels: assault, OR, street property theft

Car theft victim solves crime himself

A man whose 1990 Toyota Camry was stolen Monday in Roseburg was at the post office Tuesday when he saw another man drive up in his car.

The victim and a co-worker accosted the suspected car thief, 38-year-old William Jordan, a local transient, and held him at gunpoint until police arrived around 3:30 p.m., according to a Roseburg Police Department spokesman.

The victim reportedly had left his keys in the car at his place of employment and Jordan saw his opportunity and took it.

Jordan made the news a few weeks ago when he stole a Pepsi delivery van from the downtown Safeway parking lot. He was released on that charge the day after his arrest, pending a review by the District Attorney's office, according to the police spokesman.

Jordan was taken to the Douglas County Jail again Tuesday, and he was scheduled to be arraigned on the new vehicle theft charge this afternoon.

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Man Shot After Forcing Way Into Home

Victim Apparently Knew Woman Living There

Linn County detectives are investigating a fatal shooting early Sunday morning.

A home invasion in Lyons ended with the shooting death of the intruder.

Investigators say it all started when a woman called 9-1-1 to say that a man she knew was forcing his way into her home.

A man inside the home and the woman fought with the intruder. The intruder was eventually shot and killed.

Detectives are not releasing the names of the victim or the people involved until all of the parties can be identified.

Labels: assault, home invasion, OR

Gunfight Breaks Out In Street During Pot Robbery

Police are on the lookout for at least two suspects after shots rang out at the scene of a home invasion early Tuesday morning in Gresham.

It happened at a neighborhood near Southeast 176th and Division. After beating down a door, pistol whipping the homeowner and stealing his medical marijuana, the suspects were confronted by a neighbor with a gun.

You can see the bullet holes in siding and in windows, as well as chalk marks for the casings, left over from an early-morning gunfight between a group of armed suspects and the neighbor of a home they invaded.

"Kind of didn't feel right," the neighbor said.

The neighbor, who doesn't want to be identified, says his wife woke him up when she heard a crash. He grabbed his gun.

"I was toward the end of the driveway. They were running out at the end of that driveway. It was just the street length across from him. He was shooting right at me, so my instinct was to shoot back."
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The suspects are described as black males in dark clothing who got away running north on 176th, dropping pieces of the stolen marijuana plants as they went.

While the victim and his neighbor escaped serious injury, the gunmen may not be so lucky. That's because one of them may have been shot as they were running away.

One suspect is described as a black man, 30-35 years old, 6 feet tall, wearing dark clothing, a black knit cap and possibly a mustache. The other suspect, also a black man, age unknown. He's about 5 feet, 10 inches tall, wearing a puffy ski jacket with a hood. There may be other suspects.

Labels: assault, home invasion, OR, residence robbery

Gun-toting store owner confronts burglar

Robert Poage was relaxing at home Monday night when he heard an unusual sound coming from his adjacent convenience store.

It was the clatter of coins hitting the floor.

Poage went to investigate and found a burglar looting the cash register at Cold Springs Store on Umpqua Highway 99, which Poage has owned for 14 years.

The burglar wore a ski mask and held a tire iron in one hand. He was stuffing money into his pockets.

"I opened the door and hollered at him," Poage, 54, recounted Tuesday. "He turned and ran."

Poage followed the burglar out the door and saw him climb into a green 1996 Pontiac Grand Am. Poage ordered him out, but the man started the engine.

That's when Poage pulled out his .22-caliber handgun.

"I fired at his right front tire eight times," Poage said. "Then he drove off."

Poage's daughter had called 911, and a Douglas County sheriff's deputy arrived as the burglar sped away.

Poage briefed the deputy on the evening's events, and the deputy began his search.

He found the Grand Am parked a few blocks from the store. A man dressed all in black was walking away from the car.

The deputy stopped the man, who was carrying a black ski mask and some cash.

Deputies found a tire iron inside the vehicle, which appeared to have been damaged by gunshots.

The deputy arrested Jonathan William Graham, 26, of Roseburg, who was being held in the Douglas County Jail on charges of burglary, theft and criminal mischief.

Poage said he would have done things differently if he'd had time to stop and think.

"I would have brought my shotgun instead of my .22," he said.

Labels: business burglary, OR

Details of fatal shooting start to emerge

Todd Alan Hughes was shot to death Tuesday after a neighbor responded to his girlfriend's cries for help.

Eugene police say Hughes, 43, was assaulting the woman on the sidewalk in front of the ramshackle house they shared at 2020 W. 13th Ave.

The alleged shooter, James Michael Winkelman, 48, lives nearby. He was walking his dog about 6 p.m. when his daughter ran up and told him that a woman was being raped. The girl, 13, ran to call police, and Winkelman walked to the house to see if he could help the woman.

The woman was gone when he arrived, but Hughes soon showed up.

Hughes and Winkelman had some kind of encounter, police said, which ended with Hughes' death.

Winkelman yelled for neighbors to call police, and he waited there until officers arrived, police spokeswoman Pam Olshanski said. Winkelman has cooperated with the investigation, she said.

Officers confiscated two handguns at the scene - one from Winkelman and one from Hughes' body, she said. They located and interviewed the girlfriend, who said Hughes was beating her, but not raping her.

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Teen shot after allegedly stealing items from man’s home

An Albany homeowner shot a 17-year-old boy early Saturday after the boy and another teenager apparently stole items from the man's house, police said.

The 17-year-old and two other people were accused of entering the house in the 3100 block of 27th Avenue SE and stealing several items around 1:30 a.m. before being confronted outside by the home's owner and two other occupants, according to a statement issued by Albany police Sgt. Brad Liles.

An altercation ensued, and the 22-year-old homeowner, whose identity was not released, fired two shots from a handgun. One bullet struck the 17-year-old.

The 17-year-old, whose name was not released, was treated and released from Samaritan Albany General Hospital. The boy and Paul Molina, 18, were booked into Linn County jail on several charges, including first-degree burglary and first-degree robbery.

A 16-year-old male received a curfew citation.

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Homeowner confronts would-be hardware thief

A homeowner took aggressive action against a burglary suspect found snooping outside their Beaverton home early this morning.

Police say the suspect was snooping through the shed in the backyard of a home in the 17000 block of NW Walker Road.

When the homeowner went to investigate the sound of tools clanking, they found a person trying to steal a paint sprayer. The homeowner then fired a few shots and the thief ran away.

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Springfield woman will not face charges in shooting

The Springfield woman who shot her estranged boyfriend last Thursday will not face charges.

Police say the woman shot 47-year old Kevin Millican in the head at a West Eugene home.

Investigators say the couple had been involved in an altercation the day before, and the woman had gone to a friend's house to avoid Millican.

Friends say Millican showed up at the house repeatedly looking for her. Authorities say she told him to leave last Thursday. According to reports, she shot him when he advanced toward her.

Millican remains in critical condition in the intensive care unit at Sacred Heart Hospital.

Labels: domestic dispute, OR

COBURG - Three robbers in a black Cadillac held up an Interstate 5 gas station and threatened to kill the clerk, but she drove them off by blowing out the car's back window with her handgun, police said Thursday.

Officers stopped a car minutes later on Belt Line Road and arrested two men and a woman late Wednesday.

Three people drove into the Fuel-N-Go gas station at 33100 Van Duyn Road about 11:35 p.m. in a Cadillac with California plates, police Chief Mike Hudson said. One man went into the store, simulated a gun in his sweatshirt pocket and demanded money.

After the clerk handed over about $200 in cash, the chief said, the robber threatened to kill her anyway. That's when the clerk pulled out her own handgun.

The robber ran out of the store, and a male attendant fought with the robber, who again simulated a weapon. The female clerk fired one shot, breaking out the car's rear window, the chief said. The bullet lodged in the dashboard of the car.

Labels: business robbery, OR

Homeowner Holds Burglary Suspect At Gunpoint

Dogs Find Other Suspects

A homeowner and his neighbor held a teenage burglary suspect at gunpoint until police arrived early Tuesday.

Officers were called about 3 a.m. after someone broke into Wayne Ackerman's house on North Lakefair Place in Keizer. Ackerman and a neighbor reportedly caught the teen leaving the garage with a number of stolen items.

Police immediately caught a second suspect, and a Salem K-9 unit tracked the final two.

The four teenagers were arrested and charged with burglary and theft. About $3,000 worth of property was returned to Ackerman.

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Loud Party Leads To Shooting

A Portland man shot an intruder Sunday after he was allegedly attacked by several neighbors.

A party was going on Sunday evening near Southeast 72nd and Tenino. Witnesses say the 76-year-old man asked his neighbors to keep the noise down. Three or four men from the party then went to the man's home.

"I seen people attacking an old man. It was unfair. Three or four men on one old man, kicking down his door and throwing bottles at his window," witness Terrie Arango told KOIN 6 News.

Police say he fired his gun, hitting 29-year-old Temujin Herrera in the hand. The victim was able to get the gun away from the shooter.

Portland police say Monday morning that the man, whose name was not released, fired his gun in self defense.

Herrera was arrested on assault, attempted burglary and criminal mischief charges. Valentin Cuatol Herrera, 27, was also arrested on assault, attempted burglary and criminal mischief charges

The investigation continued.

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Police investigate shooting in Gresham

Police are investigating a shooting that they said involved a custody dispute in Gresham.

Investigators said a babysitter shot Tommy Doyle Massagee at an apartment in the Gresham Heights apartment complex at 301 NW Eastman Parkway Monday afternoon.

Massagee was transported to Oregon Health and Science University with a single gunshot wound to his lower, left chest, according to Grant McCormick, a spokesperson for the Gresham Police Department. Updated information about Massagee’s condition has not been released.

Officers said Massagee was trying to pick up his 6-month-old child at the apartment but the baby’s mother had obtained a domestic violence restraining order against him.

The babysitter, James Alan Ooms, told police he got in a fight with Massagee and shot him. McCormick said officers questioned Ooms after the shooting and released him without any charges.

The Gresham-Multnomah County Major Crimes Team is handling the investigation and a grand jury will evaluate the case for possible criminal charges, McCormick said.

Labels: domestic dispute, OR

Two accused would-be robbers were arrested minutes after they left their intended target's store Wednesday.

Noe Angel Morales, 25, of Salem, and Saul P. Palacios, 36, of Keizer, were both arrested following the incident and face charges of robbery and conspiracy to commit robbery. Palacios also faces charges of menacing, unauthorized use of a weapon and pointing a firearm at another person.

The attempted robbery happened at 11:05 a.m., when the two men walked into Michael's Jewelry on Third Street. The owner, Michael Chambers, was just opening up shop, according to Capt. Bob Deutsch of the Corvallis Police Department.

"He was still putting stuff in the cases," said Deutsch. "He noticed they both looked very suspicious, and one seemed to have a lump in his pocket that appeared to be a gun."

Police said Chambers, to be on the safe side, retreated to another part of the store and readied a weapon, just in case. Two other people were in the store with him.

Palacios and Morales reportedly came around the counter — Palacios with gun in hand — but when they saw all the employees waiting for them, the two men apparently decided to run for it. Chambers last saw them running at full speed toward the Willamette River.

Labels: business robbery, OR