Giddings is now in custody of the Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office after he allegedly opened fire on police and took a hostage in the Gladstone area, south of Portland. He took one woman hostage and others inside were either allowed to leave or they escaped, Jensen said. He said the woman feared for her life at that point. Police say he’ll be booked into the Clackamas County Jail.
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The confrontation began about 6:30 p.m. when a Gladstone officer tried to stop a man on a bike near West Gloucester Street and Risley Avenue for an apparent municipal traffic code violation, Graves said. Lee Jundt, is recovering at home after a bullet from Giddings’ pistol went into his patrol vehicle and struck the back shoulder of his ballistic vest, said Gladstone Police Chief Jeff Jolley.
The suspect fled but was later found by Gladstone police Sgt.
He fired several times at Sgt. Jundt and hit him once in the vest, police said, then ran into the Subway and took a woman hostage. One round struck his vest.
Shots: When negotiations broke down, snipers fired two shots, non-fatally injuring Giddings, who was then arrested.
The suspect made “several demands” and wasn’t cooperating, Jensen said.
Giddings has convictions in Klamath County going back to the mid-1990s.
Giddings was indicted in February 2012 in U.S. District Court in Medford on suspicion of being a felon in possession of a firearm.
To get that sentence, the U.S. Attorney’s Office argued that Giddings was an “armed career criminal” based upon his felony crimes and drug trafficking offenses. However, a judge sentenced Giddings to 4-years, 9-months in prison in May 2016.
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Giddings has spent most of the past 20 years in and out of prison. He admitted using methamphetamine, marijuana, cocaine and heroin.
