Clackamas County Government: Suspect In Stolen Truck Discharges Firearm, Crashes Into Garage, Breaks Into Another Home Before Arrest By SWAT

Press release from the Clackamas County Government:

10/27/2021

Please reference CCSO Case #s 21-023122 and 21-023130

The witness driver followed the GMC pickup while calling 911, attempting to get a license-plate number to give to dispatchers. At approximately 6:02 p.m., the driver of the GMC -- later identified as Alexis Ibarra Gomez, 25 -- reportedly stopped his vehicle in the roadway, pointed a handgun out the driver's-side window, and fired multiple shots backwards in the direction of the witness. 

Alexis Ibarra Gomez

The witness reportedly ducked down in his vehicle to avoid the gunshots, then returned fire with a rifle. No one appears to have been injured in this exchange of gunfire, and the witness is cooperating fully with authorities.

Suspect driver Gomez then fled the scene in the GMC pickup, which authorities would later learn had been reported stolen out of Salem. Gomez had a female passenger in the truck.

Deputies soon spotted Gomez driving north on Highway 213 -- into the oncoming lane of traffic. 

Assisting Oregon City Police officers then located the vehicle driving north on Hwy. 213 and attempted to stop it. Gomez failed to stop, and units pursued the vehicle onto Henrici Road. An attempt was made to stop the vehicle with spike strips.

At 6:18 p.m., law enforcement located the GMC, which had crashed into a detached garage at a residence in the 16000 block of SE Henrici Rd. A witness told deputies Gomez had fled the vehicle, jumped a fence, and ran eastbound into a wooded area.

Deputies quickly located the female passenger walking away from the crash scene near the intersection of S. Henrici Road and S. Zina Court. She was interviewed and later released by investigators.

Multiple Sheriff's Office patrol units responded to the area, along with Oregon City Police, Oregon State Police, the Washington County Air Unit, and members of the Clackamas County SWAT and Crisis Negotiation teams, which include personnel from Lake Oswego, West Linn, Canby, and Milwaukie Police. 

Meanwhile, Gomez forced entry into a nearby home in the Beaver Lake area. The homeowner was out of the house at the time, but contacted police when the suspect tripped the home's alarm system. The homeowner offered updates on the suspect's actions via the home's security system. The homeowner also helpfully provided deputies with a layout of the home to use as needed.

This press release was produced by the Clackamas County Government. The views expressed here are the author’s own.