A police chase that left a teenager with life-threatening injuries and Woodburn man in handcuffs started with the report of a disturbance in the 1000 block of Depot Ct. in Gervais, Oregon State Police said Thursday afternoon.
Gervais police found 22-year-old Arik Reed, of Gervais, with a gunshot wound around 4:45 p.m. Wednesday. Police said they were able to determine that 20-year-old Kenneth Williams Peden III had kidnapped a 17-year-old girl and left in a Ford F-150.
A Marion County Sheriff’s Deputy located the pickup.
Police said Peden fled from law enforcement when they attempted to stop his vehicle in Silverton. The pursuit continued to Hwy 214 at about mile post 37, where a shootout ensued.
Police haven’t indicated how the teenage girl was injured.
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Police arrested a man after trading gunfire with a kidnapping suspect during a car chase in Silverton Wednesday evening, Oregon State Police said in a news release.
A woman who was a passenger in the vehicle was flown to the hospital with life-threatening injuries following the shootout. Police did not say if the woman was shot or who shot her.
Around 5 p.m., Marion County Sheriff’s Office deputies and officers with the Silverton Police Department began chasing a white Ford F150 when someone in the vehicle shot at police as they drove through Silverton, police said.
The truck stopped on Highway 214 near Northeast Forest Ridge Road where the kidnapping suspect fired at officers and officers shot back, police said.
Police arrested the driver, who they identified as 20-year-old Kenneth Williams Peden III, of Woodburn.
Peden was arrested for first-degree attempted murder with a firearm, second-degree attempted murder with a firearm, unlawful weapon use, first-degree kidnapping and fleeing or attempting to elude by vehicle.
The woman was transported to the hospital by Life Flight with life-threatening injuries. Police haven’t released her name.
Multiple police vehicles were hit with bullets, but no officers were injured, police said.
Marion County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Ron Cereghino, and Silverton Police Department officers J.J. Lamoreaux and Braden Anderson will be placed on administrative leave per protocol, police said.
The Oregon State Police are leading the investigation into the shooting and request anyone who may have witnessed the incident to call the Oregon State Police Northern Command Center at 1-800-442-0776 or *OSP refer to OSP Case #SP21-126472
-Saphara Harrell
