The second Clackamas County deputy shot while attempting to detain burglary suspects along the Springwater Corridor Trail Friday was released from the hospital, the sheriff’s office said Saturday.
He was treated for a gunshot wound to his upper left arm. The first deputy was released from OHSU Hospital’s trauma center Friday after being treated for a ricochet wound that fractured his pelvis.
The sheriff’s office has not identified either deputy injured in the shooting. One of the deputies was a new recruit in training.
The deputies were attempting to detain two Portland men – identified as Tyler J. Scott, 32, and Joseph R. Shaffer, 46 – for questioning around 7 a.m. along Southeast Johnson Creek Boulevard near 70th Avenue in unincorporated Clackamas County when Scott allegedly pulled out a pistol and opened fire, Sheriff Angela Brandenburg told The Oregonian/OregonLive.
At least one deputy returned fire, but did not hit either of the men, Brandenburg said. The two suspects were apprehended minutes later by other deputies, according to Clackamas County Chief Deputy District Attorney Chris Owen.
Scott and Shaffer are in custody and will likely be arraigned Monday, Owen said. Scott is being held without bail on two counts of attempted aggravated murder, according to booking records. He has convictions in Oregon dating back to 2007 for robbery, felony escape, unlawful use of a weapon and domestic violence assault.
The burglary was at Burt Rentals along Johnson Creek Boulevard. Co-owner Sarah Davidson told The Oregonian/OregonLive that she watched two men on a live surveillance camera enter the property and break the lock to a container where the company stores tools and tractors.
By the time deputies arrived one of the men had moved the camera away from the scene, she said. Davidson said she heard police yelling “drop the gun,” followed by a swarm of sirens.
Shaffer was convicted in Clackamas County Circuit Court in November 2017 for second-degree theft and sentenced to five days in county jail after stealing about $200 of merchandise from a Home Depot in Happy Valley the year before, court records show.
He was convicted in June 2016 of delivering heroin in Multnomah County and being felon in possession of a restricted weapon in Clackamas County, according to court records.
– Austin De Dios; adedios@oregonian.com; @austindedios; 503-319-9744
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