Apparent argument in TD over auto parts leads to gunfire, pursuit and tazing
Deputies were called out to 1083 Irvine Street #B on Feb. 28 at 9:40 p.m. after dispatch received a complaint of a fight and a gunshot could be heard in the background, the log states. Several people can be seen at the site. And two men were in an argument at the location and one reported being maced and then hit in the head with the empty mace can.
Still taken of video of altercation at 1083 Irvine Street in The Dalles on Feb. 28.
By Tom Peterson
An argument apparently about auto parts on Tuesday, Feb. 28 in west The Dalles led to gunfire and a police chase that ended with a local man tazed, according to the Wasco County Sheriff’s log.
Deputies were called out to 1083 Irvine Street #B at 9:40 p.m. after dispatch received a complaint of a fight and a gunshot could be heard in the background, the log states.
Several people can be seen at site. And two men were in an argument at the location and one reported being maced and then hit in the head with the empty mace can.
Witnesses to the altercation said they could hear the shouting and then saw a man discharge a handgun in the air near the recreational vehicle at the location.
One of the people involved in the argument then got into a white Jeep and could be seen trying to leave but was blocked in by a pickup with a canopy.
According to the log several TD Police officers went in pursuit of the Jeep after it left the property and was seen driving the wrong way near Tum-A-Lum Lumber on Second Street at 9:55 p.m.
Dash cam from a TD Patrol car shows flight on foot.
The log said the person in the car “bailed on foot” and “taser deployed at Gill Point S.”
It also notes that a firearm was recovered.
After being tased, Michael James Jr. Miles, 38, was taken to Mid-Columbia Medical Center before being transported to jail.
Deputies located a shell casing at the site of the shooting near the RV on Irvine but no one at the scene of the argument “wants to be a victim.”
MIles was lodged at NORCOR.
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Shaniko woman killed in fatal car crash at intersection of Highways 97 and 197
On Tuesday, February 21, 2023, at approximately 9:38 A.M., the Oregon State Police responded to a two-vehicle crash on Hwy 97, at the intersection with Hwy 197, in Wasco County.
Editors Note: This article previously ran with an incorrect headline. We regret the error. - Tom Peterson
From Oregon State Police:
On Tuesday, February 21, 2023, at approximately 9:38 A.M., the Oregon State Police responded to a two-vehicle crash on Hwy 97, at the intersection with Hwy 197, in Wasco County.
The preliminary investigation indicated a Lincoln MKZ (passenger car), operated by Richard Evar Fridell (75) of Shaniko, was traveling southbound on Hwy 97 when a northbound GMC Savana (box truck), operated by Vitaliy Solomko (49) of Federal Way (WA), attempted to make a left turn in front of the southbound Lincoln. Both vehicle operators attempted to avoid a collision, however, the vehicles collided nearly head-on.
A passenger in the Lincoln, Mary Jane Wright (76) of Shaniko, was declared deceased at the scene. The vehicle operators suffered minor injuries, which resulted in neither being transported by ambulance for treatment.
The highway was closed for approximately half an hour while the on-scene investigation was conducted.
OSP was assisted by Jefferson County Fire and ODOT.
