<img height="1" width="1" style="display:none" src="https://www.facebook.com/tr?id=192888919167017&amp;ev=PageView&amp;noscript=1">
Friday,  April 19 , 2024

Linkedin Pinterest
News / Clark County News

Vancouver man dies after St. Helens shooting

By Paul Suarez
Published: May 6, 2012, 5:00pm

A Vancouver man died early Monday after being shot in St. Helens, Ore., on Sunday morning, police said.

Dana Jovan Farnsworth, 32, died at Legacy Emanuel Medical Center in Portland, a St. Helens police bulletin said. A second shooting victim, Crystal Gayle Hamilton, 33, of St. Helens was treated and released from the hospital.

Police say the incident started around 1 a.m. on the 400 block of North Second Street in St. Helens. Witnesses alleged that Michael Bernard Lystell shot two people, then fled the scene in a stolen car.

Lystell led police on a short high-speed chase before crashing the car in an intersection, police said.

Tip: you can interact with this map using your fingerscursor (or two fingers on touch screens)cursor. Map

After being released from the hospital, he was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder, first-degree assault, unlawful use of a weapon, felon in possession of a firearm and unlawful use of a motor vehicle. He was booked into the Columbia County Jail on $170,000 bail.

Additional details were not available.

The Columbia County Major Crimes Team is investigating.

Michael Bernard Lystell
Michael Bernard Lystell Photo
Loading...