Suspect armed with gun flees bridge at high speed, Astoria OR
Traffic / Weapons / Family OffenseA red Dodge Dakota with no plates was pursued on the Megler Bridge. The driver, a known felon armed with a gun, was driving recklessly at 95 mph and threatened to harm his family. The pursuit was ended mid-bridge and the suspect's whereabouts are unknown.
Audio|Source: Clatsop County Public Safety
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Transcript:
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Pacific County has a pursuit coming over the Megler.
00:03
We're trying to get PC, but it's an armed selling apparently with a firearm.
00:08
Carry.
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814, what's your location?
00:12
I'm behind McDonald's.
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In that direction.
00:15
No permit.
00:16
800 units. They're going to be on the Megler Bridge.
00:18
It's a red Dodge Dakota with one headlight out that's going 95 miles per hour on the bridge passing other vehicles.
00:26
They have a trooper and a deputy behind it.
00:27
It's a known felon with a firearm.
00:29
I guess he went to somebody and asked for ammo and said that he had a gun and was going to harm his family.
00:34
There's no plates on the vehicle.
00:37
Pacific County said if you're not going to join and they'll discontinue.
00:39
50514.
00:40
Did you address the traffic?
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Say again?
00:43
Got a piece of it.
00:45
Are they headed our way? I'm in town.
00:46
I'm in town.
00:47
I'll just stay PD. Sorry, that way from Seafide.
00:48
...that too much.
00:49
Did they give a direction after they got to the end of the bridge?
00:52
We're on the phone with them right now.
00:53
We'll get you an update.
00:54
That's a 101.
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109. 109, stand by.
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23. I'm coming over to Old Youngs Bay Bridge.
00:59
Are you switching over to APD or are you going to stick on County?
01:01
Units regarding the Magler standby, it's kind of a fluid situation and they may be turning back around headed towards Washington now.
01:08
800 units since the county discontinued they're headed back into Washington the suspect vehicle still headed into Astoria their PC was because of threats made with a firearm it's going to be a Philip Harwell 804 copy 8404 from 810 that was our suspect from the last pursuit we were in with him
01:34
Affirm, I remember him.
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This is that phone all forth.
01:37
Confirming, they don't know where he went after you got out on the bridge.
01:40
Affirm, that's unknown where he went because Pacific County terminated in the middle of the bridge, so they lost visual of him.
01:49
Copy. Dispatch unit 4.
01:51
I saw Washington units turn their lights off as they're going up the hill on the span.
01:55
So I believe that the vehicle probably went south because I was coming from the east and never saw as that described vehicle.
02:03
Yeah, copy.
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Location mentioned:
Astoria-Megler Bridge, US-101, Astoria, OR 97103
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