CCSO INVESTIGATING WILSONVILLE CASE OF REVEALED ATTEMPTED MURDER **(PHOTOS ATTACHED)**
Posted: August 6th, 2010 7:13 PM
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The Clackamas County Sheriff's Office
Jim Strovink, Detective
Office of Public Information
12700 SE 82nd Avenue, Clackamas, Oregon 97015
News Release (Photos Attached)
Please refer to Clackamas County Sheriff's Case number 10-23864.
A Wilsonville man declares he encountered an armed male subject inside his home demanding food, money and then shot the victim – who survived – in the back of the head.
Donald Ray Barham, 53, is exceedingly fortunate considering his encounter with an armed intruder he discovered inside his home Tuesday afternoon (Aug 3rd). From what Clackamas County Sheriff's Office investigators have been able to determine at this point in time the following chain of events are known to have occurred earlier in the week:
Donald Barham is employed as a cook at the Wilsonville Bowling alley in Wilsonville and failed to show-up for his shift on Tuesday afternoon. A friend of Donald Barham knows this is out of character for him to miss work and went to the Barham residence on Wilsonville road to inquire on his friend's welfare.
On Wednesday morning (Aug 4th) this concerned friend discovered Barham on the floor inside the Barham residence, located at 16150 Wilsonville Road. Barham appeared to have been injured and was incoherent. Medical personnel were summoned to the scene, and Barham was transported to a local hospital for an evaluation.
After arriving at the hospital medical personnel discovered a head injury – suspected by those in attendance to be a gunshot wound – which Barham had received to his head along the hairline. Clackamas County Sheriff's Office Detectives were alerted by hospital staff of the suspicious wound and launched a criminal investigation.
Although Barham was conscious and breathing when first discovered inside his residence on Wednesday morning, specific details of the events were not immediately available from the victim while his medical needs were being addressed. Barham has undergone extensive surgery and was only able to converse with the lead investigator on this case earlier today, Friday afternoon (Aug 6th).
It is also known that Barham's maroon colored Toyota, Tacoma, Pick-up truck had been stolen from the residence and found crashed in front of a rural residence located at 29281 S. Molalla Forest Road, in Molalla. This abandoned vehicle was reported to Clackamas County Sheriff's Office by a property owner on this roadway and eventually recovered as stolen on Thursday (Aug 5th) by investigators. (Photos Attached)
In addition, another discovery of personal property stolen from Barham was located and reported by a citizen to have been found in a recycle container located in an alley inside the city limits of Molalla. With the assistance of Molalla Police, these recovered items located in the recycle container have been retained as evidence.
With all the ongoing series of events occurring, initially Sheriff's investigators were not totally certain of what actually happened to Barham at his residence. It was not until today, Friday, August 06, 2010, Barham recovered enough from his medical procedures – with the surgically removed metal object from his head – that Detectives were able to obtain a coherent interview with this victim.
It is now revealed from this investigative interview Barham arrived at his home on Tuesday afternoon (Aug 3rd) when he discovered an intruder inside his home. During this surprised confrontation, the male suspect -- who is believed to have been armed with a semi-automatic handgun – demanded first food and then money from Barham. Shortly after these demands were made by the suspect, Barham is believed to have been shot in the head by the suspect.
Investigators declare they presently have a limited suspect description at this time. It is hopeful with time, as Barham physically and mentally recovers from this attempted murder incident, additional details will emerge. The present suspect description is provided as a:
• White male adult
• 35-40 years-of-age
• Approximately 5'10" tall
The Sheriff's Office is seeking assistance from the public with efforts to identify this attempted murder suspect responsible for the shooting incident involving Donald Ray Barham, 53, of Wilsonville.
TIPS SOUGHT
The Clackamas County Sheriff's Office urges anyone with information concerning this crime to contact the Clackamas County Sheriff's Office's confidential Tip Line -- by phone at 503-723-4949 or by using the online e-mail form. Please reference Clackamas County Sheriff's Office Case #10-23864
The public can also submit crime-tip text messages to the Clackamas County Sheriff's Office from a cell phone. All users have to do is send a text message to CRIMES (274637 on your phone keypad) -- with the keyword CCSO as the first word in the message body. Important Reminder: Please do not send emergency messages using the text-messaging system -- in case of an emergency, call 911.
Please reference Clackamas County Sheriff's Office Case #10-23864 [END]
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