By rssfeeds-admin Joshua William Degerness was indicted by a grand jury on multiple charges in December of 2021, just days after he was involved in a traffic stop conducted by Portland police officers that turned into an exchange of gunfire.
On December 11, 2021, a police officer tried to pull Degerness over for a traffic stop. However, he fled in his vehicle. The officer then encountered Dergerness again and pursued him, and the suspect crashed into a tree.
“Officers gave commands to Degerness in an effort to arrest him, but he was uncooperative and refused to exit his vehicle. Pepper spray was deployed and Degerness pointed and fired a handgun at police officers,” the Mulntomah County District Attorney’s Office said in a release.
The three officers who had been shot at fired their handguns in return.
“Degerness sustained gunshot wounds and survived his injuries,” the DA’s office said.
Degerness is scheduled to be sentenced on the afternoon of April 3 for the three first-degree attempted murder charges.
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