Jarod Ngiraibuuch was taken into custody without incident and booked into the Clark County Jail for Drive By Shooting, Unlawful Possession of a Firearm II, and Possession of a Dangerous Weapon on a School Facility
Detectives from the Vancouver Police Department Crime Reduction Unit (CRU) have continued the investigation into the drive-by-shooting that occurred on May 27 in front of the Jim Parsley Center. They identified the suspect as Jarod Ngiraibuuch.
On Thursday (June 5) at about 2:23 p.m., detectives from CRU, with assistance from the SW Washington SWAT team, served a search warrant at an apartment at 2900 General Anderson Avenue. Ngiraibuuch was taken into custody without incident and booked into the Clark County Jail for Drive By Shooting, Unlawful Possession of a Firearm II, and Possession of a Dangerous Weapon on a School Facility.
On May 27 at about 12:10 p.m. Vancouver Police responded to 4100 Plomondon Street for the report of a drive-by shooting in the parking lot near the Jim Parsley Center. The investigation indicated that some type of altercation occurred between several individuals in the parking lot with an unknown male shooting several rounds from a vehicle before driving off. There were no injuries reported. Officers located three shell casings in the parking lot. Roosevelt Elementary School was briefly in secure response while police investigated.
During the investigation, it was learned that one of the juveniles in the parking lot retreated into the school located within the Jim Parsley center, concealing a handgun wrapped in a sweatshirt. Video surveillance revealed that the juvenile handed the sweatshirt/handgun off to another juvenile, who attempted to conceal it inside the school. The sweatshirt was located inside the school by police and was found to contain a stolen handgun.
One 15-year-old male and one 17-year-old- male were booked into the juvenile detention center for Unlawful Possession of a Firearm II, Possession of a Stolen Firearm and Possession of a Dangerous Weapon on School Grounds.
The Vancouver Police Department Crime Reduction Unit (CRU) is continuing the investigation to identify and locate the suspect(s) who fled the scene.
Information provided by the Vancouver Police Department.
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