An 18-year-old man suspected of being involved in a Monday shooting at the Grand Central Fred Meyer in west Vancouver made a first appearance in Clark County Superior Court on Tuesday. A second suspect has yet to be captured.
Alexandru V. Sambra faces allegations of second-degree malicious mischief, reckless endangerment and attempting to elude police.
The disturbance was reported about 5:20 p.m. at the grocery store, 2500 Columbia House Blvd. A man with a rifle reportedly stood up and out of the sunroof of a black sedan and shot at the building once, shattering a window near the front entrance on the store’s east side. Witnesses said there were at least two people in the vehicle, according to a probable cause affidavit filed in Superior Court.
Nobody was injured.
The suspects fled the scene, but not before their vehicle description and license plate number were dispatched to law enforcement. Vancouver police Sgt. Therese Kubala found the vehicle traveling away from the scene and attempted to stop it using her patrol vehicle’s lights and siren. The driver failed to yield, however, and sped up to evade capture, court records said.
