This is KGW
news at five, we
begin at 5:00 o'clock
with a deadly chase and shooting
a Clackamas County
deputy shot and killed a
man last night along I-205.
Authorities say the suspect was armed with
a gun and was trying to carjack people.
KGW Pat Dooris joins us with what
we know about this case so far, pat.
Well, Laurel we know very
little about that brief moment.
That was right before the shooting,
but thanks to recordings from the
officers being who are pursuing the
suspect and their dispatch center.
We do have a pretty good idea
of what it was like leading
up to that very final moment.
And it includes a statement from
one of the pursuing deputies that he
did not want to get involved in a
deadly force encounter in Portland.
This
is what it looked like at the end,
but the chase that led to this began
sometime after 10:00 PM Wednesday night.
Clackamas County sheriff's deputies
tried to get the driver to stop,
but he ignored them and eventually
got on Interstate 205 going north.
They put out spike strips and
flattened one of the car's tires,
but it did not slow him down much
as deputies pulled alongside,
they made a scary discovery.
Here's one of the radio calls.
Turn it back off back off. He's got a gun.
They continued following the driver
and after a bit neared Portland,
which is when a deputy apparently
got uncomfortable thinking about
the ramifications of a possible
shooting in the city limits.
Here's that radio traffic with
some editing for clarity and time,
so I do not want to get into it.
Increase Ethernet Portland cars that
are able to engage this still 205 N
coming up with Powell speeding 93.
She's not slowing down anymore and I
don't want to give you some for this
bunch of Portland cars coming in that
you hang on a little bit will follow it.
Just follow the distance for pull up.
I guess
we've asked the Sheriff's Office
to explain why the deputy was
willing to let the person go to
avoid an incident in Portland.
They've not yet responded. Regardless,
things were about to get bad fast.
Here's another selection of radio
clips that will give you a feel.
For how this all went down.
3/6 is gonna hang any point it right
off the drivers window out here just
past Powell still eats pizza 85.
He's kind of playing Frogger
pointing a gun at someone who's
not the carjacked someone.
He's under Market Street,
trying to car Jack people.
It's not in my or 23 five South Park.
The Portland Police Bureau is now
investigating the shooting back to you.
Thank you pat.
In Albany, a police detective was
also involved in a shooting incident.
He fired a shot while trying to arrest
2 suspects during a chase last night.
They were wanted on warrants.
The suspects were not hit and
were eventually arrested.
Police said.
At one point one of the suspects
used their car to RAM vehicles
in a grocery store parking lot.
The detective is on leave,
which is standard department policy.
Account is under way to figure
out how many homeless people
there are in Multnomah County.
It happens at least every other year,
but it was postponed last
year because of the pandemic.
KGW Bryant Clerkley went out
today with the crew and Brian.
This is a big deal.
Especially right now.
That is right. Hello Laurel,
this homeless count is crucial because
this will be data compiled to figure
out how the pandemic has affected
the homeless population here in
Multnomah County and crews are going
to different homeless camps and asking.
Demographic questions and some
new questions about the pandemic.
Yes, ready to hit hit the streets
for another day for our client.
After three years,
the point in time count is back.
We're gonna have the 33rd Dr
Crews from Cascadia, behavioral,
Healthcare or preparing to go out
to survey the homeless populations
across the county. Sleeping bags.
Yeah yeah, let's put some tents in here.
This is done at least every other year,
but in 2021 it was cancelled
because of the pandemic.
Michael Phelps is the program supervisor.
They'll be asking people's demographic
information as well as some new questions.
This year, the researchers
added questions about COVID and
how Kovid has impacted them,
and if COVID is a direct cause
of their homelessness. Now,
Philip says this count is crucial because
there's no data on how the pandemic
has impacted the homeless population.
The data is sent up to Housing and
Urban development to help advocate
for more social services funding.
The count started on Wednesday and
will continue until February 1st.
About froze last night.
Take my legs and put it underneath my shirt,
you know, stay warm.
When are you in a vehicle or in a tent?
In my car, your car over on NE 33rd
and Marine Drive 44 year old Paul
Hunter has been living in his car
for about six months now.
He was part of the point in time count today.
I didn't know where I was going
to get something to eat tonight.
Crews also gave him food,
water and blankets to stay warm.
Well, it's kind of embarrassing,
you know, being out here like this.
I mean, if it's you know,
going to help somebody else out.
Whatever back in 2019,
Multnomah County found that more than
4000 people were living on the streets,
shelters or in transitional housing when it
comes to people just living on the streets.
That number was 2037,
which was a record high.
Phelps thinks those numbers
could be higher this year,
talking
to people. There were
definitely folks that answered.
Yes, I am homeless now
because of the COVID pandemic.
Would you say that COVID-19
is the reason that you're
currently homeless now?
Yeah, I think that we'll
continue to see that.
Now there's about 150 volunteers
helping out in this homeless count,
and we should have all the
data by the summer Laurel.
Thank you Brian.
She just embodied kindness,
empathy, compassion,
local nurses are remembering a
beloved instructor who lost her life
when a suspected drunk driver left
the road and plowed into her house.
That nursing instructors husband
survived the crash but was badly hurt.
Mike Benner joins us with
more about Maura Hughes. Mike
Laurel. It sounds like Maura Hughes was
an incredible woman and because of her
14 year career as a nursing instructor,
chances are she trained.
A number of local nurses we've been
praising through the pandemic and
what an accomplishment that is.
She's going to be missed for sure
and all because of something
totally out of her control.
Authorities say early Saturday morning.
Moira and her husband,
George Heights, were at their
Kaiser home on Trail Ave Northeast,
win a suspected drunk driver,
plowed into the house.
Moira was killed, her husband badly injured.
News of this crash spredfast those
who had Moira as an instructor
at Chemeketa Community College,
are devastated by her death.
They say she was.
Empathetic, compassionate,
and kind,
among other things,
it's so shocking. It's so sad.
It's. What these tragedies are
heartbreaking and it's such a loss,
not just for those who are immediately
affected but for the entire community.
Because she was a person who brought
beautiful things into the world.
And everywhere she went,
I'm confident she was that way.
What a loss. The man driving the car
that crashed into the house has been
identified as Andrew Maudine of Kaiser.
He's facing 8 charges including
manslaughter, assault and DUI.
At the time of the crash he was on probation
for a prior drunk driving offense that,
according to The Oregonian,
resulted in his own brothers death, Laurel.
Well, our hearts go out to
Morris family. Thank you Mike.
In the pandemic Blazer
star CJ McCollum is helping
fight back against vaccine misinformation.
In a video posted to his Twitter and
Instagram McCollum explained why
he got vaccinated and urged others
to get information from credible
sources and do the right thing.
I got vaccinated because I felt
like it was the right thing to
do for myself and my family.
You know, for me, the normalcy of being
comfortable around my grandmother.
You know, being able to be comfortable
around my father and my mother.
The family gatherings, you know,
the Sunday dinners, you know,
those are the things that I really miss.
You know, COVID isn't going anywhere.
You know you should do your research.
You should do those things.
But once you have the right information.
I think it only makes sense to
act on it and do the right thing.
A column is also president of the
National Basketball Players Association.
Vaccine misinformation is also a hot
topic in Yam Hill County right now.
Recent inaccurate comments about
the COVID vaccine from a county
Commissioner has others firmly
pushing back against misinformation.
KGW Tim Gordon joins us live
with an update Tim.
Well, Laurel Lee Anne Hill County
Board of Commissioners met today and we
heard more of the same misinformation
from Commissioner Mary Sterrett.
But we also heard from the county's
public health administrator.
Thank you for having me, and yes,
I'd be happy to share some
of the website content. Yam
Hill County's top public health
official met with the board to
discuss the public health website,
one that both Mary Sterrett and
board chair Lindsay Berschauer
wanted to see changed. Some of
this information needs to be a bit more
balanced in terms of how we're portraying.
These options around COVID to our public.
Some of the changes the two Commissioners
wanted around prevention and in home
COVID care have already been updated.
Many of the things that are listed
in the request to add to the website
are are present on our website.
But for the misinformation about
the safety of COVID-19 vaccines
promoted by stare at the public
health administrator drew the line.
These are things that
are out there that many people
are buying into and so I think
the risk of taking information.
But that is not been proven,
and putting it on our website
is where do we stop and who's
making those decisions?
And she had support from
Commissioner Casey Kulla. Putting
something onto a treatment page.
That's not that's not authorized.
That doesn't have rigorous studies
behind it is irresponsible.
The discussion of vaccines got the
biggest debate, with Sterritt lobbying
for removing safe and effective.
From the description of COVID vaccines,
and I'm a little bit concerned about
our liability when we say getting
vaccinated prevent severe illness,
hospitalization, and death.
So that might be a question for for
Christian in that we're making a statement.
Which we know is is is is not true,
but the data also still continues to
clearly show that hospitalizations
and deaths are drastically drastically
reduced by individuals being vaccinated.
In fact, Doctor Manfred noted those who
are unvaccinated are 16 times more likely
to end up in the hospital. With kovid.
The debate had something riding on it
Staret threatened to block a letter
from Commissioners needed to renew
the Health Department accreditation.
If her demands weren't met,
I don't know. I'm I'm finding
this very frustrating, OK?
Sorry, anyhow I'm done,
but Despite that, she thanked Dr Manfred.
Ed agreed to sign off on the letter.
All three commissioners approved
it with cola. Putting it like this,
I think that it didn't need to have
a conversation where you push and
push and push director Mandarin to
change things on a website that she
doesn't want to change. But given
that I'm an approval of this letter.
And Cola was the only one who
disagreed about Commissioners
continuing this back and forth about
the website clearly wanting staff and
the Board of Health to manage that.
That boasts teraton.
Berschauer say they want a few more
of their concerns addressed. Laurel,
thank you too.