Medical examiner identifies suspected carjacker fatally shot by Clark County deputies
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Authorities have identified the carjacking and robbery suspect who was shot and killed by officers in Clark County over the weekend.
The county medical examiner said 41-year-old Benjamin Steven Woods died of “multiple gunshot wounds” after officers located a stolen van behind an American Legion.
The van’s owner had called the sheriff’s office shortly after 10:30 a.m. Saturday to report his van was stolen by a man and a woman around 9200 NE 15th Avenue. He said Woods had a gun.
A half-hour later, “a suspicious circumstance” sent deputies toward the Goodwill in Salmon Creek, where witnesses told officials a man and woman tried to carjack a car with someone inside. Officials said the descriptions matched the previous report.
Deputies reported seeing the Woods head into the American Legion at 14011 NE 20th Avenue, where the shooting eventually took place.
Woods died at the scene, officials said, and the involved deputies were put on administrative leave.
The woman was taken into custody near the scene around 3:20 p.m. She was identified on Monday as Lyndsey D. Jones and booked on residential burglary charges.
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