Man who shot gun in home before 2-hour SWAT standoff gets 5 years in prison

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A man who was involved in a two-hour standoff involving deputies and a SWAT team last month was sentenced to five years in prison on Friday.

Rian Keith Pittman, 35, pleaded guilty to several criminal charges after the incident in unincorporated Clackamas County back on July 8, the Clackamas County District Attorney’s Office said.

The standoff happened in Pittman’s home near Milwaukie in the 6200 block of Southeast Monroe Street in the evening.

Clackamas County Sheriff’s Deputies responded at 9 p.m. on reports of a man firing a gun inside the home, with deputies later finding the other home resident outside the structure. They told deputies that Pittman threatened them with a semi-automatic handgun and was shooting the weapon in the home.

“The Clackamas County Special Weapons and Tactics Team and a Crisis Negotiation Team responded to the scene. Negotiators spoke by phone with Pittman and he surrendered just after 11 p.m. Deputies searched the house and recovered a handgun,” the Clackamas County DA Office said in a press release.

Pittman pleaded guilty to two counts of unlawful use of a weapon, menacing and felon in possession of a firearm after other charges were dismissed as part of a plea agreement.