By Jim Ryan
The Oregonian
CLARK COUNTY, Ore. — A sheriff’s deputy fired his gun during a run-in with a wanted man and woman Thursday in rural Clark County, an official said.
No one was injured in the encounter, and the man and woman were later arrested, Sgt. Fred Neiman, a county sheriff’s office spokesman, said in a news release. The agency tweeted that one of the suspects tried to hit a deputy with a car at some point.
Neiman said the encounter began after a deputy came across a suspicious car parked at a turnout on Northeast Sunset Falls Road in eastern Clark County around 9:30 a.m.
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Neiman said the deputy approached the man and woman, who both had outstanding felony arrest warrants. The male driver started the car, ignored the deputy’s commands and tried to flee, he said.
The deputy fired a single shot, Neiman said. The driver headed east.
It wasn’t immediately clear when the driver tried to hit the deputy with the car.
Neiman said more deputies converged on the area, and someone saw the driver headed west on Sunset Falls Road about 90 minutes later. The driver eventually rear-ended a flatbed truck, Neiman said, and a deputy used a patrol vehicle to pin in the car. The man and woman were both arrested.
The news release didn’t identify the suspects, if they were armed, or what they were suspected of or wanted for. It also didn’t detail why the deputy fired his weapon.
Neiman didn’t immediately return a phone message seeking additional comment Thursday afternoon.
He said detectives are investigating and that the deputy who fired his weapon will be put on paid critical incident leave, as is standard protocol.
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