MAN ARRESTED FOR MURDER AFTER SHOOTING AT ALOHA THRIFTWAY
Posted: January 27th, 2012 12:52 AM
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Summary of Event
This afternoon Sheriff's deputies responded to the Aloha Bales Thriftway on a reported shooting. When they arrived they found one man dead at the scene. The suspect was captured within an hour of the shooting and has been lodged in the Washington County Jail.
Full Details
On Thursday, January 26, 2012, at 3:18 p.m., calls regarding a shooting started pouring into the Washington County 911 center. Callers were reporting that a man had been shot multiple times and that he was dead. They also reported that the suspect left in a vehicle and was still at large.
Deputies converged on the area and found that a 25-year-old man was deceased on the sidewalk directly in front of the Aloha Bales Thriftway located at 17675 SW Farmington Road in the community of Aloha. They also learned that the suspect had fled the scene in a vehicle.
Deputies received information that the suspect had fled south and was in the Bull Mountain/Sherwood area. Officers from the Cities of Sherwood and Beaverton along with Washington County Sheriff's deputies located the suspect vehicle in the City of Sherwood. They initiated a high-risk traffic stop and detained the suspect, 52-year-old Jeff Brian Johnson. He was later arrested and taken to the Washington County Jail. He has been booked on charges of Murder and Unlawful use of a Weapon.
The Washington County Major Crimes Team and investigators from the Sheriff's Forensic Science Unit are investigating crime. They are conducting numerous interviews with witnesses who saw the shooting. Because of the time of day and the close proximity to Aloha High school, there were numerous people who witnessed the shooting or saw the suspect leave the scene.
Detectives believe that the victim and the suspect are not strangers. They are continuing to investigate the crime and do not have any further information they can release at this time.
To assure that the proper next-of-kin notifications are made, the name of the victim is not being released at this time.
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