Vancouver police Sgt. Jay Alie resumed his testimony Thursday morning in the trial of two Portland men accused of shooting him following a home-invasion robbery.
Alie, cross-examined by defense attorney Jeff Sowder, conceded to jurors that he told investigators on April 15, 2009 — the night of the shooting — that his assailant shot him through the left-rear window.
Alie, 43, gave a different story to jurors Wednesday, saying the passenger of the white Kia Spectra shot him through the driver’s side window as the driver lunged forward.
Daylan E. Berg, 23, and Jeffery S. Reed, 27, are on trial for first-degree attempted murder — among other charges — in the shooting of Alie in Vancouver’s McLoughlin Heights. The prosecution says Reed was the driver that night and Berg the shooter.
Sowder, attorney for Berg, suggested Alie’s memory was faulty and asked the officer if the pain and trauma of being shot affected his recollection.
Alie admitted it likely had, though he said that he was shot through the driver’s side window in follow-up interviews.
He estimated he had less than three seconds to glimpse his assailants and couldn’t positively identify Berg and Reed in the shooting, though he gave a physical description that matched the men.
Mike Foister, Reed’s defense attorney, declined to cross-examine Alie. He said a statement in court by Alie, if probed by the defense, could raise evidence that could unfairly prejudice his client.
On Wednesday, Alie, under oath, had given an opinion of the driver’s actions during the shooting, which a judge struck from the record as inadmissible.
Trial in Clark County Superior Court Judge Robert Lewis will resume Monday with more prosecution witnesses. It is expected to last two weeks.
