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NO. 1 SEASIDE SUFFERS FIRST LOSS OF SEASON TO NO. 2 BANKS SPORTS • 10A 146TH YEAR, NO. 76 ONE DOLLAR DailyAstorian.com // MONDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2018 DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S FINDINGS Fatal Seaside police shooting was justified Case, 44, was shot and killed in July By JACK HEFFERNAN The Daily Astorian A Seaside police corporal was justified when he shot and killed an armed man seconds after an encoun- ter at an RV park in July, an investiga- tion has concluded. MORE ONLINE Video footage captured a fatal police shooting in Seaside in July: bit.ly/seaside-police-shooting Cpl. David Davidson fired three shots from an AR-15 rifle into the chest of Cashus Dean Case, 44, at the Seasider RV Park. A woman had called the Sea- side Police Department to report that Case, a felon, had a gun and was threatening to shoot her dogs after a mauling an hour earlier. Case, shirtless and in jeans, had two unloaded black powder pistols in holsters and was having a conversa- tion with another man when David- son and another police officer arrived. Investigators say Case quickly removed one of the pistols from a hol- ster in his waistband while yelling he was going to kill. “Hey! Drop it now! Drop it now!” Davidson ordered, pulling the trigger two seconds into the command. “While Cpl. Davidson’s response was indeed fast, the known threat that existed at that moment was that there was a felon in the park, waving guns around and threatening to ‘kill,’ while in close proximity to others,” Clatsop County Chief Deputy District Attor- ney Ron Brown wrote in a report. The district attorney’s office con- cluded Davidson used reasonable deadly force and that the use of force was justifiable and not criminal. Case’s death was ruled a justifiable homicide. Along with the conclusion, the dis- trict attorney’s office released video footage of the shooting taken by a police body camera and the nearby Mazatlan restaurant. A forensic report See SHOOTING, Page 7A THE GREAT COLUMBIA CROSSING Rural lifestyle store coming to Warrenton Location could open next fall By EDWARD STRATTON The Daily Astorian WARRENTON — Tractor Supply Co., a national rural lifestyle chain, is planning a new location in Warrenton. Keith Corp., a national commer- cial developer, has submitted plans for a nearly 20,000-square-foot store- front, a similar-sized storage area and parking lot on 3 acres owned by War- renton Fiber near the intersection of U.S. Highway 101 Business and King Avenue. Keith Corp. would buy the land, build the store and lease it to Tractor Supply. “My guess is it would start con- struction in late spring,” said Wendy Fulton, a project manager with Keith Corp. Construction would take about five months, with a possible opening date in the fall of next year, she said. The application, seeking a vari- ance for a higher fence around the storage area, is tentatively scheduled to go before the Warrenton Planning Commission next month, said John M. Nygaard, a representative of War- renton Fiber. The site for the store would be subdivided from about 17 acres the Nygaard family owns between High- way 101, the business bypass and Marlin Avenue. The family is still looking to sell an additional 13 to 14 acres at the site, Nygaard said. Tractor Supply, founded in 1938 and based in Tennessee, does not sell tractors, but rather products to main- tain farms, ranches, homes and ani- mals. The company is publicly traded on the stock exchange and has more than 1,700 locations throughout the U.S., including 19 in Washing- ton state and three in Oregon, with plans for five more in the two states. The nearest store is in Longview, Washington. The new Warrenton location would employ 12 to 15 people, said Lauren McKirgan, a spokeswoman for the company, in a news release. “The Warrenton location is per- fect for Tractor Supply because of the area’s commitment to living life out here,” McKirgan said. Photos by Colin Murphey/The Daily Astorian Runners approach the incline on the Astoria Bridge during the Great Columbia Crossing 10K on Sunday morning. Check out the results at bit.ly/2018-columbia-crossing-results Sunny skies, soaring views ABOVE: Runners approach the finish line after crossing over the bridge. BELOW: Participants make their way across the Astoria Bridge. Participants descend the Astoria Bridge during the Great Columbia Crossing. Coast Guard chefs take Galley Wars A winning dish from the Alert By JACK HEFFERNAN The Daily Astorian rew aboard the Coast Guard cutter Alert may not need to step on land to find the best food in town. A three-person team, including two from the Alert, won an LA Fleet Week cook- ing competition in September. They defeated reigning cham- pions from the Royal Cana- dian Navy to take the Galley Wars. The winning dish: grilled rib-eye street tacos with a C jicama slaw, grilled Mex- ican-style street corn with spiced sour cream, simmered black beans with house- smoked pork belly cracklings topped with pico de gallo and grilled pineapple upside-down cake topped with a toasted coconut meringue. A $100 stipend allowed the crew to buy a “secret ingredi- ent,” which turned out to be the 22-day, dry-aged prime rib-eye steak. “I knew as soon as I saw the pictures of the plates that we had it in the bag,” Chief Petty Officer Adam Greenwald said. Greenwald didn’t partici- pate in the competition, but he did help organize the crew’s entry. The crew learned about the competition after arriving at fleet week. They met with their Canadian counterparts the night before to engage in good-natured smack talk. After roasting the Canadi- ans, the crew grilled their way to a win. “I was just looking to have fun, really,” Petty Officer Third Class Melissa Northrop See CHEFS, Page 5A Seaman Paige Gravitt Petty Officer First Class Michael Allen, Chief Petty Offi- cer Adam Greenwald, Petty Officer Third Class Melissa Northrop and Petty Officer Second Class Derek Nguyen had the winning dish.
