Oregon State Police (OSP) is continuing the investigation to positively
identify the driver of a pickup following a Saturday evening incident in the
Rainier, Oregon area. The suspect eluded OSP and Rainier police after driving
recklessly, including going through several residential yards, before police
lost sight and later found the pickup abandoned.
On August 18, 2012 at approximately 7:45 p.m., OSP Fish & Wildlife
Trooper Adam Shimer was checking anglers at Dibblee Beach underneath the Lewis
and Clark Bridge when he spotted a suspicious green 1990 Chevrolet 2500 pickup
parked behind a tree. As the trooper approached the pickup, it left recklessly
through the park nearly hitting a child on a bicycle.
The Chevrolet pickup was attempting to elude the trooper who was operating
a marked OSP pickup, initially heading toward the bridge where a Rainier police
vehicle was positioned to assist. When the pickup's driver spotted the police
car, he turned back on to Highway 30 away from Rainier before continuing to
elude Rainier police and OSP in and around the city of Rainier.
OSP and Rainier police eventually lost sight of the pickup but found it
later abandoned in the Rainier watershed area about five miles from Rainier.
OSP, Columbia County Sheriff's Office and Rainier police searched the area until
darkness without locating the driver.
During the incident, a citizen called 9-1-1 to report a possible gunshot
from the fleeing pickup as it traveled along a city street. Upon checking the
report, a loaded rifle was found lying on a road.
The driver is described as a white male adult approximately 45 - 55 years
of age.
Anyone with information regarding the identity of the driver is asked to
call Oregon State Police Northern Command Center dispatch at
800-452-7888.
Photograph - Columbia County Sheriff's Office
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