Suspect Sought in Shooting of Oregon Police Officer

[Bob Hubbard]

LINCOLN CITY, Ore. -- Authorities are searching western Oregon for a man suspected of shooting a Lincoln City police officer during a traffic stop on a coastal highway, Oregon State Police said Monday.
The officer was shot more than once after he pulled over a car for speeding about 11 p.m. Sunday. The 45-year-old officer has been flown to Legacy Emanuel Hospital in Portland, about 150 miles northeast of Waldport, the site of the search. He is reported in critical condition, and his family and fellow officers are at the hospital, police said.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/01/24/suspect-sought-shooting-oregon-police-officer/

 

[Archangel M]

http://www.lawofficer.com/article/news/friends-ore-officer-shooting-s

The man accused of shooting and critically wounding a police officer began to act erratically six months ago, his friends say, slipping deeper into a depression after a breakup and entertaining paranoid fantasies about being pursued by police.

Neighbor Nancy Meyer told KGW-TV she heard him discuss delusions about aliens and Armageddon. One of his delusions focused on law enforcement.

"He's convinced the police are going to come and get him," Meyer told the TV station. "He's packed his bags, and he's ready to go in case Armageddon happens."

"He had some bizarre behavior," co-worker Shauna Hendgen told the Oregon newspaper. "He thought people were out to get him." Her 17-year-old daughter, Hannah, said Durham was deeply upset by the end of a relationship with his girlfriend. She added that Durham thought the police and the FBI were out to get him.

 

[shesulsa]

... AND ANother mental illness case slips through the canyons (oops - was I supposed to say, 'cracks' ) ....

They think he's still in Newport, hiding in a vacation home.

I think he's long gone.

Hope they catch him.