Vancouver police shoot, kill suspected car thief after quarrel
Sgt. Pat Moore, right, works with fellow police officers at the scene of an officer-involved shooting as a resident looks on, upper left, at Springfield Meadows on Friday morning, Feb. Ten, 2017. (Amanda Cowan/The Columbian)
Firefighters work at the scene at Vancouver Pointe Senior Village on Friday morning, Feb. Ten, 2017. (Amanda Cowan/The Columbian)
A bruised bus and mangled car are seen at Vancouver Pointe Senior Village on Friday morning, Feb. Ten, 2017. (Amanda Cowan/The Columbian)
By Emily Gillespie, Columbian Cracking News Reporter
Published: February Ten, 2017, Ten:20 AM
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A man suspected of stealing a vehicle from a Vancouver-area driveway Friday morning was killed in an officer-involved shooting a few blocks away.
The incident began at about 6:20 a.m. when the man, whose name has not been released, confronted the possessor of a vehicle at five thousand eight hundred four N.E. 41st Circle, in the Roads End neighborhood north of Highway five hundred and west of Northeast Andresen Road.
The man climbed into the car, a two thousand fourteen Honda Accord, and rammed it into the garage before fleeing, according to emergency radio traffic monitored by The Columbian.
The person who called nine hundred eleven to report the car theft reportedly fired a gun into the air, according to emergency radio traffic.
Neighbor Norese Massenburg said he awoke upon hearing the gunshots. When he investigated, he learned that his neighbor had been attempting to prevent the theft.
“The gunshots were (my neighbor) firing warning shots at the man to get out of his car,” he said.
Based on the information from that incident, the man who took the car was believed to be armed, Vancouver Police Department Spokeswoman Kim Kapp said.
The man drove away in the Honda, but crashed into a parked activities bus at Vancouver Pointe Senior Living, four thousand five hundred fifty five N.E. 66th Ave., a few blocks away, police said.
He bailed out of the wrecked Honda and fled on foot, running through the senior living facility’s lobby and into a neighboring apartment elaborate, Springfield Meadows Apartments at four thousand three hundred seventeen N.E. 66th Ave., Kapp said.
He then entered a second-floor apartment occupied by a father and his four children, Kapp said.
Officers and deputies followed and forcefully entered the apartment, Kapp said. A Vancouver police officer shot and killed an armed man they found in a bedroom, Kapp said.
The family inwards the apartment and responding officers were not injured, Kapp said. She did not know if any threats had been made to the family.
“We do not believe he knows the occupants of that apartment at all,” Kapp said.
The Vancouver police officer who shot the man was placed on critical incident leave, which is the agency’s policy, Kapp said. Detectives with the Southwest Washington Regional Major Crimes Team are investigating.
Vancouver police shoot, kill suspected car thief after quarrel, The Columbian
Vancouver police shoot, kill suspected car thief after quarrel
Sgt. Pat Moore, right, works with fellow police officers at the scene of an officer-involved shooting as a resident looks on, upper left, at Springfield Meadows on Friday morning, Feb. Ten, 2017. (Amanda Cowan/The Columbian)
Firefighters work at the scene at Vancouver Pointe Senior Village on Friday morning, Feb. Ten, 2017. (Amanda Cowan/The Columbian)
A bruised bus and mangled car are seen at Vancouver Pointe Senior Village on Friday morning, Feb. Ten, 2017. (Amanda Cowan/The Columbian)
By Emily Gillespie, Columbian Violating News Reporter
Published: February Ten, 2017, Ten:20 AM
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A man suspected of stealing a vehicle from a Vancouver-area driveway Friday morning was killed in an officer-involved shooting a few blocks away.
The incident began at about 6:20 a.m. when the man, whose name has not been released, confronted the holder of a vehicle at five thousand eight hundred four N.E. 41st Circle, in the Roads End neighborhood north of Highway five hundred and west of Northeast Andresen Road.
The man climbed into the car, a two thousand fourteen Honda Accord, and rammed it into the garage before fleeing, according to emergency radio traffic monitored by The Columbian.
The person who called nine hundred eleven to report the car theft reportedly fired a gun into the air, according to emergency radio traffic.
Neighbor Norese Massenburg said he awoke upon hearing the gunshots. When he investigated, he learned that his neighbor had been attempting to prevent the theft.
“The gunshots were (my neighbor) firing warning shots at the fellow to get out of his car,” he said.
Based on the information from that incident, the man who took the car was believed to be armed, Vancouver Police Department Spokeswoman Kim Kapp said.
The man drove away in the Honda, but crashed into a parked activities bus at Vancouver Pointe Senior Living, four thousand five hundred fifty five N.E. 66th Ave., a few blocks away, police said.
He bailed out of the wrecked Honda and fled on foot, running through the senior living facility’s lobby and into a neighboring apartment elaborate, Springfield Meadows Apartments at four thousand three hundred seventeen N.E. 66th Ave., Kapp said.
He then entered a second-floor apartment occupied by a father and his four children, Kapp said.
Officers and deputies followed and forcefully entered the apartment, Kapp said. A Vancouver police officer shot and killed an armed man they found in a bedroom, Kapp said.
The family inwards the apartment and responding officers were not injured, Kapp said. She did not know if any threats had been made to the family.
“We do not believe he knows the occupants of that apartment at all,” Kapp said.
The Vancouver police officer who shot the man was placed on critical incident leave, which is the agency’s policy, Kapp said. Detectives with the Southwest Washington Regional Major Crimes Team are investigating.