Mental Health Crisis Ends with Two Injured Deputies
From Klickitat County Sheriff’s Office:
Klickitat County, Wash. Sept. 8, 2025 — On 9/6/2025 Deputies responded to a “psychotic episode” call. It was reported to them that the subject of the call, a 27-year-old male, had kicked his mother and was allegedly high on drugs including LSD, Ketamine and a large amount of Marijuana.
It was also reported that the subject was in the woods near the home where he had been cutting trees down, with a chain saw, without the owner’s permission. Deputies had responded to a call with this same subject earlier this year and knew the person had a high propensity to violence.
Two Deputies made contact with the shirtless, shorts wearing, subject in the woods and attempted to talk to him about getting some mental health help. The subject began talking incoherently. When the subject made a quick move to pick up a chainsaw the Deputies, concerned about their and others safety stopped him.
The suspect fought with the Deputies. Deputies were fighting and rolling on the ground with the suspect, who was very combative, attempting to secure him. The suspect bit two deputies and spit in their faces during the fight. The Klickitat County Sheriff’s Office Supervisor on duty at the time had arrived and helped get the suspect secured. He was transported with hand and leg restraints in an Ambulance to the hospital to be evaluated.
The injured Deputies were treated at the hospital and released. The subject was later transported to the Jail with 5 felony charges for Assaulting our Deputies. It just so happened that the 3 deputies were in relatively close proximity to each other for this call or it could have turned out a lot worse.
A huge thanks to the other Agencies who initiated a response to this call: Bingen White Salmon Police Department, Hood River Police Department, Hood River Sheriff’s Office and the Washington State Patrol
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