Man fatally shot at Seattle homeless camp
SEATTLE — A 31-year-old man was shot to death Monday at a homeless campsite area in Seattle’s Ravenna neighborhood.
The shooting occurred just after 5 a.m. at Olga Park, a grassy median area near the intersection of 15th Avenue Northeast and Northeast Ravenna Boulevard, according to Detective Valerie Carson, spokesperson for the Seattle Police Department.
Witnesses said that before the incident, the victim had left his tent to speak with the suspected shooter, the Seattle Times reported. Several people called 911 to report sounds of gunfire. Police found a man with multiple gunshot wounds to the chest.
He died at the scene.
Homicide investigators cordoned off the area to search for evidence and have not arrested a suspect, Carson said. Police have yet to describe a possible motive for the shooting.
Man fatally shot outside Vancouver home
VANCOUVER — A man was found dead near a Vancouver home Monday morning after reports of gunshots in the Uptown Village neighborhood, according to the Vancouver Police Department.
Police responded to a report of gunshots about 5:25 a.m., according to a news release, the Columbian reported.
“When officers and emergency medical personnel arrived, they located an adult male in front of a residence, deceased,” police said.
The Vancouver Police Major Crimes Unit was investigating, but it wasn’t unclear what led to the fatal shooting. No more details were released. It’s unclear if there have been any arrests.
Man rescued after falling from kayak in Puget Sound
SEATTLE — Seattle harbor units rescued a 31-year-old man after he fell out of his kayak and was in Puget Sound for at least an hour.
Seattle Police say a harbor unit spotted an empty kayak around 3:30 p.m. Saturday off the shore of Alki Beach. When they got closer, they realized a man was clinging to the side, KOMO-TV reported.
He was wearing a life jacket but had been in the water for at least an hour and was near exhaustion.
The man was brought ashore and taken to the hospital.
13 stranded when boats get stuck in the mud on Oregon Coast
TILLAMOOK, Ore. — More than a dozen people were stranded and many were rescued after two boats became stuck on mud on the Oregon coast over the weekend.
The Tillamook County Sheriff’s Office and Tillamook Fire Department responded to a report of boats stranded on mud in Tillamook Bay at about 10 p.m. Saturday, KPTV reported. Thirteen were involved and some were attempting to swim back to shore.
The sheriff’s office says crews reached the boats and got the four “younger and coldest victims” onboard. They were taken to medical personnel at Memaloose Boat Ramp. Four other people were brought back across the shore by a second rescue boat. The remaining five people successfully swam across before first responders arrived.
Three people were taken to Adventist Health Tillamook Hospital for treatment for hypothermia.
On Sunday morning, deputies attempted to bring boat owners to their vessels but the water was too low. The sheriff’s office said they would try again in the afternoon.
The sheriff’s office says the tidal exchange in Tillamook County bays and estuaries can be dramatic and boats regularly get stranded on mud and sand bars.
Spokane man flees troopers in high-speed chase in Idaho
COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho — A Spokane man was tased Sunday afternoon following a dangerous high-speed chase in northern Idaho.
Idaho State Police said 33-year-old Jonathon D. Lewis was driving a Hyundai SUV erratically on I-90 and trying to pass other vehicles between lanes, CBS2 reported.
Troopers learned the SUV had been stolen and tried pulling Lewis over. That’s when he took off at a high rate of speed, police said. At one point, Lewis hit the brakes causing a trooper to swerve quickly. He then collided with the trooper’s vehicle.
The pursuit continued on I-90 and Highway 95 at speeds higher than 110 mph. Lewis eventually collided with two more vehicles, police said. A spike strip was used to end the chase.
Lewis got out of the SUV holding a hatchet and a Kootenai County deputy used a taser to take him into custody. No injuries were reported in the collisions.
He was charged on a fugitive warrant with misdemeanor DUI, felony possession of stolen property, felony eluding, two counts of felony assault on an officer, misdemeanor providing false information to officers, and misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia.
63-year-old man dies in fall while climbing on Mount Hood
PORTLAND, Ore. — A 63-year-old man died Sunday morning after falling 500 feet while descending Mount Hood, the Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office reported.
The man, whose name has not yet been released, had been climbing with his adult son when he fell at the 10,500-foot level on the Old Chute Route, the Oregonian/OregonLive reported.
Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office Search & Rescue coordinators set up a command post at Timberline Lodge and called in other teams to help with the effort.
Rescue teams navigated what deputies said was a difficult terrain and hazards from hydrogen sulfide and other toxic gases venting from fumaroles along the route as they made their way to the accident scene.
They made visual contact with the fallen climber, who was not moving. They reached him by setting up rope systems, while also checking toxic-gas levels to ensure rescuers could safely reach the man.
When rescuers reached the climber, he was dead. The mission then became a recovery mission. Teams loaded the body onto a skiable rescue litter basket, and at 4:20 p.m. they began making their way down the mountain to Timberline Lodge.
The climber’s name will be released after his family is notified, deputies said.
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