Jaison Teragouchi was evaluated at a local hospital before being booked into the Clark County Jail
On Wednesday (Sept. 25) at about 8 p.m., a Clark County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) deputy was completing pre-book paperwork outside the Clark County Jail with a person in custody in his vehicle. As the deputy was typing on the computer in his patrol car, an unrelated male walked up to the patrol vehicle and began yelling.
The deputy moved his vehicle and went to enter the jail through the roll up security doors to enter the sally port of the jail. The sally port is a secure entryway to a jail that allows for the safe transfer of those in custody into the secure portion of the jail. After the patrol vehicle pulled in, the unknown male was able to enter the sally port before the roll-up door closed. The male then presented a firearm and placed it against his own head.
After a brief standoff where the deputy attempted to negotiate with the apparently suicidal subject, the subject then exited the sally port, and the doors were secured.
The male subject kept the firearm pointed at his head and began walking around the outside of the Jail and Clark County Courthouse. CCSO and Vancouver Police Department (VPD) patrol units responded to the area to contain the subject.
The subject, dressed in camo pants and a motorcycle jacket, remained on the county campus briefly before donning a motorcycle helmet, and mounting an electric bicycle with the gun against his head.
The patrol units attempted to keep containment while arrest teams with the use of armor vehicles prepared to make contact with the subject.
Due to the size and mobility of the electric bicycle, the subject broke containment multiple times throughout the downtown area, never removing the gun from his head.
The arrest team in the armor vehicle attempted to stop the suspect with several attempts at using a 40mm less than lethal projectile.
The suspect was followed by the armor vehicles and other units to NE St Johns Rd. and NE Arnold Rd., where he turned onto the Burnt Bridge Creek Trail system. Containment was set up and multiple Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) units were deployed for aerial search. A shelter in place notice was sent out to a 1/2 mile radius of the 4300 block of NE 26th Court.
The Southwest Washington Regional Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) team responded to conduct a search for the subject. UAS units located the subject and SWAT moved down the trail to contact him. SWAT, with the assistance of the Crisis Negotiations Team (CNT), were able to get the subject to cooperate and into custody after extended negotiations. The firearm was recovered at the arrest location and determined to be a pellet gun.
Jaison Teragouchi was evaluated at a local hospital before being booked into the Clark County Jail for one count of Possession of Contraband Inside a Correctional Institution-Dangerous Weapon.
Information provided by the Clark County Sheriff’s Office.
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