PORTLAND, Ore. ( KOIN ) — A stolen vehicle operation (SVO) conducted Friday by the Vancouver Police Department (VPD), in partnership with Clark County Sheriff’s Office, resulted in the arrest of a drive-by-shooting suspect, multiple stolen vehicle arrests and a response to an overdose emergency.
VPD reports officers began the operation by attempting to stop a stolen vehicle with three people inside. After a brief pursuit, the suspects left the stolen vehicle and fled on foot. But officers were eventually able to arrest the driver on charges of Possession of a Stolen Vehicle, Attempt to Elude, Possession of Stolen Property, Possession of a Controlled Substance and an outstanding warrant. One of the passengers also had an outstanding warrant out of Oregon and was a suspect in a robbery out of Clark County, authorities say.
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Officers then stopped a vehicle involved in a drive-by shooting that occurred earlier that day in Vancouver. The driver and passengers were interviewed and the driver was arrested in connection to the drive-by shooting and an outstanding warrant. VPD said a later search of the vehicle recovered a suspected stolen handgun, several gun magazines and ammunition.