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Road rage suspect, Washington deputy die in gun fight
Kittitas. He got out
and Wade said he did
and exchanged gun-
not know how many
fire with the sher-
shots were fired
iff’s deputy and the
overall by the offi-
cers and the suspect.
police officer, Wade
Thompson had
said.
been a law enforce-
“It was reported
ment officer for
Thompson
as a road-rage type
years, joined the
event, with erratic
driving on the part of the sheriff’s department in
suspect,” said Wade, whose 2013, said Kittitas County
office is investigating the Sheriff Gene Dana.
“Our community has a
incident.
Sheriff’s deputy Ryan very heavy heart today,”
Thompson, 42, was killed Dana told reporters. “This
and Kittitas police offi- officer was a great officer.”
cer Benito Chavez, 22, was
It was the first fatal shoot-
shot in the leg and suffered a ing of a law enforcement
shattered femur, Wade said. officer in the rural county in
The suspect died at a hos- 92 years, he said.
pital and Wade said authori-
Wade said authorities
ties were still trying to iden- have no information as to
tify him. Authorities did not what prompted the suspect
provide information about to flee and exchange gunfire
how many times he was shot with the officers.
By NICHOLAS K.
GERANIOS
Associated Press
SPOKANE, Wash. — A
sheriff’s deputy was killed
in central Washington state
and a police officer was
shot and wounded after they
exchanged gunfire with a
road rage driving suspect,
authorities said Wednesday.
The driver was also shot and
later died at a hospital.
Tuesday evening, the two
officers tried to stop the sus-
pect’s vehicle after author-
ities received a complaint
about the man’s driving,
said Ellensburg Police Chief
Ken Wade.
The man, who has not
been identified, was chased
by police until he stopped
the car near the town of
AP Photo/Ted S. Warren
The body of a Kittitas County Sheriff’s deputy is carried out of Kittitas Valley Healthcare Hos-
pital in the early morning hours of Wednesday in Ellensburg, Wash.
BRIEFLY
Amber alert in
Hermiston area
cancelled as girl
found safe in
another state
Oregon still not
tracking at-risk
student success
from Nampa, Idaho, were
located in Washington in the
afternoon.
According to the Herm-
iston Police Department,
there was a ping on the
mother’s phone in the Herm-
iston area around 11:30 a.m.
Wednesday.
An alert went out
through the regional system
at about 3 p.m., prompting
multiple calls from people
who believed they saw the
vehicle.
An Idaho girl and her
mother were located on
Wednesday after an Amber
Alert was issued that cen-
tered on the Hermiston
area.
The missing 10-year-old
girl and her mother, both
SALEM (AP) — A report
from the Secretary of State
found that Oregon hasn’t
followed up on recommen-
dations to better track the
progress of the state’s most
at-risk students.
The report, released
Wednesday, said the Oregon
Department of Education
Forecast for Pendleton Area
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Kennewick Walla Walla
58/46
Lewiston
61/43
61/42
Astoria
58/40
Pullman
Yakima 64/39
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Portland
Hermiston
61/45
The Dalles 63/44
Salem
Corvallis
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John Day
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49/32
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Ontario
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59/39
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Medford
63/39
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Enterprise
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Moses
Lake
63/42
Aberdeen
58/35
61/40
Tacoma
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Spokane
Wenatchee
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W 3-6
WNW 4-8
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Klamath Falls
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Yesterday’s National Extremes: (for the 48 contiguous states)
High 84° in Goodyear, Ariz. Low -13° in Daniel, Wyo.
NATIONAL WEATHER TODAY
only made partial progress
on three of the 15 recom-
mendations to improve edu-
cation for students in online
or alternative schools. It
made no progress on the
remaining 12.
The department agreed
to implement all 15 rec-
ommendations by summer
of 2019. The recommen-
dations came from a 2017
audit, which found little
oversight over the perfor-
mance of Oregon’s alter-
native and online schools.
Nearly half of the state’s
high school dropouts attend
these schools.
The Department of Edu-
cation said staffing chal-
lenges and federal require-
ments were behind the
delay.
Acting Secretary of State
Leslie Cummings called the
department’s lack of prog-
ress “disappointing.”
Teen survives
intentional drive
off cliff
PRINEVILLE (AP) —
Authorities say a teenager
intentionally drove a car off
a cliff at a state scenic view-
point northeast of Bend and
survived.
The Oregonian/Oregon-
Live reports the car dam-
aged a historic stone wall
at Ochoco Wayside State
Park before crashing into
the hillside below, but the
teen didn’t appear to have
any major injuries as he got
out of the car, according to
Prineville police.
Police and medical work-
ers responded Friday after-
noon to reports of an over-
turned car perched above
Northwest O’Neil Highway
but 150 feet below the way-
side viewpoint.
According to police,
the teenager drove a 2000
Mazda Sedan off the cliff
in what officers described
as a “non-accidental” inci-
dent and was transported to
St. Charles Medical Center’s
Prineville hospital. The car
was destroyed in the crash.
No one else was in the
car.
Prosecutor: Tax
dodger now
dodging prison
sentence
PORTLAND (AP) — A
prominent tax dodger who
was supposed to surrender
to prison earlier this month
is now accused of dodging
his 10-year prison sentence
by failing to turn himself
in to the federal Bureau of
Prisons as ordered.
The Oregonian/Oregon-
Live reports Winston Shrout
was supposed to start serv-
ing his sentence March 4
after the 9th Circuit U.S.
Court of Appeals denied his
request to remain out of cus-
tody pending his appeal.
The appeals court upheld
U.S. District Judge Robert
E. Jones’ ruling that Shrout
poses a danger if he were to
remain in the community.
The next day, federal
authorities issued a warrant
for Shrout’s arrest.
Shrout was sentenced
Oct. 22 after a federal jury
convicted him of six mis-
demeanor counts of will-
ful failure to file tax returns
and 13 felony counts of pro-
ducing, presenting and ship-
ping fictitious financial
instruments.
Oregon Legislators
consider raising
their annual pay
by 63 percent
SALEM, Ore. (AP) —
Oregon lawmakers are con-
sidering raising their annual
pay by nearly $20,000 in
an effort to attract more
qualified candidates to the
Legislature.
Senate Majority Leader
Ginny Burdick is behind the
measure to bump pay by 63
percent. The Democrat from
Portland told Oregon Public
Broadcasting that low pay
screens out diverse candi-
dates “who really should be
represented here.”
She admitted that law-
makers have been hesitant
to consider a pay increase
because it might not play
well politically.
Legislators
currently
make $31,200 — that’s after
a recent pay raise that went
into effect February 1st.
It’s unclear where they’ll
get the funds for another sal-
ary bump. State budgeters
are already asking for cuts
across nearly all state agen-
cies and are scrambling to
come up with extra cash to
fully fund K-12 education.
Early wildfire
burns in Oregon
SALEM (AP) — Fire-
fighters were mopping up
Wednesday after battling
one of the first wildfires this
year in Oregon.
The fire, which jumped
the Santiam River in windy
conditions, burned around
190 acres next to Highway
22, 25 miles southeast of
Salem.
No structures were lost
or injuries reported.
“Some folks seem sur-
prised to see this fire on the
landscape in March, but as
firefighters, we are trained
to consider the conditions,
not the calendar,” said Inci-
dent Commander Blake
Ellis.
Firefighters late Wednes-
day were locating and extin-
guishing hot spots, and fall-
ing snags.
The blaze had earlier
been estimated at 60 acres
but ground crews walking
the line with a GPS obtained
more accurate information.
There was no significant fire
growth since Tuesday, when
the fire was reported.
About 85 people were
involved in fighting the
fire using ground crews, a
helicopter, dozers and fire
engines.
CORRECTIONS
A photo of Hermiston’s HOSA students that appeared on Page A1 of the March 20 edi-
tion of the East Oregonian was incorrectly attributed. The photo was contributed by
Jazmin Macias.
The story “Local colleges lobby legislators for state funding” on Page A1 of the March
20 edition misstated the figures attached to the governor’s budget. The governor’s pro-
posal for the community college support fund is $543 million that would be boosted to
$646.7 million with additional investment by the Legislature. The governor’s proposal
for the public university operations and student support fund is $736.9 million that
would be increased to $856.9 million with additional investment by the Legislature.
The East Oregonian ran incorrect information in the public safety log on Page A5 of
the March 20 edition. The entry should have stated a male reported the manager of the
Simplot facility at 29800 Jones Scott Road, Umatilla, assaulted him.
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