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Police Shootings Around Oregon Down Slightly,
With Sixteen by Mid-August
More Past Cases Appear in State Database,
But Only Two of Nine Deaths in 2024 Reported

Other than the two incidents in Portland in May, here are the other nine shootings that took place since mid-April:

--On August 14,* police in Eugene shot and wounded murder suspect Timothy Martin, 39, after a standoff that lasted over two hours. Police say they "believed" Martin was armed (KEZI- TV9, August 21).

--On June 28, Clackamas County Sheriff's Deputy Stephen Tucker shot and wounded Joseph Brasuell, 25, accused of stealing a car when Brasuell supposedly rammed police vehicles with the car in Clackamas. It is not clear whether he rammed a Portland Police patrol car, though they were reportedly part of the chase that led to the shooting (Oregonian, July 2 and KOIN-TV6, July 12).

--On June 26, Tillamook County Sheriff's Officers and Tillamook Police shot and wounded Joey de la Rosa Rodriguez, 37, after he reportedly shot at their cars during a traffic stop and took off. They apprehended him after stopping the car with spike strips (Tillamook Headlight Herald, July 1).

--On June 18, The Dalles Police Officer Jeremy Dutton and Wasco County Sheriff's Deputies Tyler Williams and Joshua Augustus shot and killed Jimmy Ewing, 68, when he allegedly rammed a police car after he had been spotted "acting suspiciously" in a Home Depot parking lot (KGW- TV8, June 22).

--On June 11, Oregon State Police Trooper Jonathan Padgett shot and killed Timothy Wells, 42, in Eugene when Wells supposedly "presented" a handgun, prompting Padgett to first fire his Taser and then his gun (Lane County District Attorney, June 26).

--On May 30, Linn County Sheriff's Deputies shot and killed Gino Marcoccia, 49, near Sweet Home as the officers responded to a domestic violence call. Marcoccia apparently greeted them while holding a rifle (KEZI-TV9, June 2).

--On April 29, Clackamas County Sheriff's Detective Jesse Unck and Beaverton Officer Charles Jujcik shot and killed Andrew Song, 45, who was barricaded in his home in Happy Valley. The man supposedly was holding his family hostage while carrying a knife and pouring out gasoline. Song's threat to kill his family within five minutes (roughly four hours after law enforcement arrived) led the police to shoot him (Oregonian, June 7 and KOIN-TV6, May 3).

--On April 28, four Oregon State Police officers and two Linn County Sheriff's Deputies shot at two people while investigating someone having fired shots in Coburg. When they caught up to the suspects in Linn County, somewhere near Harrisburg, they killed Cameron Bielman and wounded Yasmina Teal, both age 30 (KEZI-TV9, May 7 and 8).

--On April 22, notorious Oregon State Police Superintendent Casey Codding took a potshot at a car he knew contained both a man and a kidnapped child. Fortunately, the child was not harmed. The man, Elias Huizar, 39, was a former Washington state law enforcement officer who had killed the child's mother and fled over the border to Oregon. Codding happened to be in his police vehicle in the area when a chase ensued on I-5. Both he and OSP Sergeant Orly Johnson fired at the car, which sped off. They soon found Huizar's car crashed by the freeway, and they say he took his own life (OPB, April 24). Codding previously shot and killed LaVoy Finicum in 2016 and Samuel Mullane in 2012. We all know what they say about what floats to the top.

Note: The print version gave the date of this incident as August 4 instead of August 14. Portland Copwatch regrets the error.

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Note added November, 2024.

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