2A • October 26, 2018 • Seaside Signal • seasidesignal.com
DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S FINDINGS
Fatal Seaside police shooting was justified
Case 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 encounter at an RV park
in July, an investigation has
concluded.
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
Seaside 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 hav-
ing a conversation with another
man when Davidson and anoth-
er police officer arrived.
Investigators say Case
quickly removed one of the pis-
CLATSOP COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE
An image from Seaside Police Officer Jess Vaughan’s body camera. Cpl. David Davidson is at
right. Carl Brian Hussey, a bystander to the shooting, is next to Davidson in the white shirt.
Cashus Dean Case is on the ground behind the motorcycle on the left.
tols from a holster in his waist-
band while yelling he was going
to kill.
“Hey! Drop it now! Drop it
now!” Davidson ordered, pull-
ing 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 Attorney Ron
POLICE LOG
Oct. 6
2:31 a.m., Quatat Park:
An intoxicated person
reported in the park
told police they would
leave in the morning.
5:12 a.m., Avenue M
and S. Roosevelt: A
person reported as
driving intoxicated was
not intoxicated; they
told police they were
looking for an open gas
station.
Oct. 7
5:54 p.m., 1800 block
Huckleberry: A person
is arrested and charged
with being in violation
of a stalking order.
Oct. 8
1:15 a.m., 17th Avenue
and Holladay: A person
is arrested and charged
with driving under the
influence of intoxicants
and reckless driving.
6:18 a.m., Outlet
Center: Three vending
machines are report-
ed damaged/vandal-
ized overnight.
The reporting party also
said they received an
ominous letter in the
mail they believe came
from the neighbor. A
report is made.
Oct. 10
10:02 a.m., 18th Ave-
nue and N. Franklin: A
person who dug a large
hole for themselves to
stay in was advised to
fill in the hole.
3:31 p.m., 1400 block
S. Roosevelt: Police
respond to a report of
a dog running at large.
On arrival, they see a
black Chihuahua who
was herded back to its
home.
Oct. 9
Oct. 11
1:25 p.m., Hillside Loop:
Police respond to a
neighbor to neighbor
situation. Complainant
said their neighbor
drives by their residence
slowly, taking pictures.
10:54 a.m., 2600
block Highway 101:
Harassing phone calls
reported.
11:22 p.m., 1300 block
Second Avenue: A dog
bite is reported.
Brown wrote in a report.
The district attorney’s office
concluded Davidson used rea-
sonable 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 district attorney’s office
released video footage of the
shooting taken by a police body
camera and the nearby Mazat-
lan restaurant. A forensic report
on the guns involved, police re-
ports and an assessment from a
state expert on the use of force
by law enforcement were also
released.
Investigators say Case’s tox-
icology report was positive for
methamphetamine and marijua-
na.
Case, who was known as
“Deano,” worked at Gorilla
Gas, located near the RV park.
Case’s longtime, on-and-off
girlfriend lived with him un-
til May, when she left with the
couple’s 4-year-old daughter.
Case’s friends and family
described him as hot-tempered
but unlikely to engage in a
shootout with police.
Several people with knowl-
edge of the shooting said po-
lice did not give Case enough
time to drop his weapons,
while others said the shooting
was justified, according to po-
lice reports.
Dog attack
More than an hour before
the shooting on the afternoon of
July 24, Seaside Police Officer
Jess Vaughan responded to an
incident at the RV park in which
a man was mauled by a dog.
As Rick Derby angrily left a
trailer after a dispute, he pushed
a door open, which hit a nearby
dog, according to police reports.
Derby then allegedly kicked a
water bowl that also hit the dog
before kicking the animal itself.
The dog bit Derby’s leg after
it was kicked, causing him to
fall to the ground.
While Derby was on the
ground, Case busted through
a nearby fence just before the
dog bit into Derby’s face. Case
pulled Derby off the ground and
guided him to safety.
Some residents said Case’s
actions escalated the situation,
while Derby said Case saved
his life.
Derby was taken to Prov-
idence Seaside Hospital by
one of the RV park tenants and
flown to Legacy Emanuel Med-
ical Center in Portland.
OBITUARIES
Oct. 12
10:08 p.m., Avenue S:
A dog bite is reported.
11:05 p.m., 12th
Avenue: A person is
arrested and charged
with criminal mischief
in the third degree and
interfering with a police
officer. The subject is
also transported to
detox.
Oct. 13
8:01 p.m., Fourth
Avenue: Caller reports
adults dressed in
furry animals costumes
burning pallets on the
beach. Contact was
made with a responsi-
ble party and warned
about burning pallets.
No furries were located.
Jeffery Thomas Gallinger
Seaside
Nov. 11, 1953 — Oct. 21, 2018
Born Nov. 11, 1953, in Portland, Oregon,
Jeffery Thomas Gallinger attended Holy Fam-
ily Grade School in Southeast Portland, where
he skipped fifth grade. He attended De La Salle
North Catholic High School and graduated in
1971, at the age of 17.
After high school, he started with Simson
Concrete and then worked for Pepsi Bottling Co.
for six years. From that point, he went wherever
his work took him, from branding cattle in Mon-
tana, to selling mattresses in Alaska, to building
a log cabin in Washington from lumber felled on
the property, to helping friends and family with
various building projects and odd jobs.
In the late 1990s, he moved to Seaside to help
build the new Safeway. He got to know many
people in town through the bingo program —
both playing and calling — at Our Lady of Vic-
tory, where he was also a cook for the church’s
Sunday supper program. That led to Jeff cook-
ing for the American Legion, as well.
Jeff’s interests included gardening, eventu-
ally becoming an expert on cultivating orchids.
He was an excellent cook, always trying new
recipes, and an avid reader. He loved fishing
from the time he was 7 — whether it was on the
Deschutes River or in the Pacific Ocean — and
crabbing and clamming at the Seaside Coast.
He is preceded in death by his parents, Joe
and Rosemary Gallinger; his brothers, Paul
and Mark Gallinger; and his son, Riley Gall-
inger-Long. He is survived by his sons, Zack
and Wyatt Gallinger-Long; his grandsons,
Christopher and Alexander Gallinger-Long; his
siblings, Jay Gallinger, Margorie Keene, Mary
Gallinger, Bridget Abbott, Blaze Gallinger, Bar-
bara Pearson and John Gallinger; and a large
circle of friends in Seaside.
He will be buried on his best friend’s family
property overlooking the Columbia River.
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