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| Update #2: Victim's Identified in Highway 26 Shooting Investigation | ||
| 12/11/2007 | ||
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Lieutenant Gregg Hastings Public Information Officer Office: (503) 731-3020 ext. 247 The investigation is continuing into Monday night's shooting of two people on Highway 26 in the Zig Zag area. The names of the two victims are being released as one person remains in serious condition and another has been treated and released for injuries sustained when they were shot by an unknown person during what still appears to be a random encounter on Highway 26 in the Zig Zag area. Tips from the public will be important in helping solve this case. The van's driver, JOSEPH LANGLEY, age 33, from Gresham, was treated and released. Passenger JOSHUA GEHRKE, age 32, also from Gresham, is in serious condition. Both victims have request no media contact at this time. On December 10, 2007 at approximately 10:00 p.m. the two victims were returning from a snowboarding evening in the Government Camp area with GEHRKE's 9-year old son, and his son's 9-year old friend, westbound on Highway 26. Approaching Rhododendron, a passenger car reportedly began following too closely behind the van and did not pass them even as they were driving in the four-lane section. LANGLEY pulled onto the shoulder and stopped near Lolo Pass Road to allow the car to drive by, but upon doing so the car stopped on the shoulder behind the van. The victims got out of the van and began to walk toward the car during which a short verbal exchange between the victims and suspect took place. Shortly after, founds shot by a firearm struck both men. After being shot, the men ran back to the van and began to drive away westbound for a short distance before stopping on the shoulder at the Lolo Pass Road intersection. The men called 9-1-1 as the suspect drove away possibly westbound. Oregon State Police, Hoodland Fire Department personnel, AMR ambulance, Clackamas County Sheriff's Department, and ODOT responded to the scene. The two boys were not injured. Their names will not be released. The suspect has been initially described as a white male in his 30's wearing a baseball cap. No definitive vehicle description is known at this time other than it was a passenger car. Anyone with information regarding this case is asked to call Oregon State Police Northern Command Center dispatch at (800) 452-7888. ### www.oregon.gov/OSP ###
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