A man who was shot by police when he allegedly threatened members of his family with a gun appeared in Clark County Superior Court on Tuesday on suspicion of first-degree domestic violence assault and felony harassment.
Cacy L. Jordan, 37, of Vancouver was held in lieu of $100,000 bail.
Judge Suzan Clark appointed Vancouver attorney Steven Rucker to defend Jordan. He is scheduled to be arraigned on the charges Aug. 1.
The incident began at 10:48 p.m. Saturday when officers responded to a report of a disturbance with weapons at a home at 16021 N.E. 37th St., in Vancouver’s Parkway East neighborhood.
Court records say Jordan was drunk and threatening his wife and children with a pistol. During a prolonged confrontation with Jordan, his wife, Wesley Jordan, slipped her mother a note stating that she was afraid that Jordan was going to kill her and her children, Clark County sheriff’s Detective Fred Neiman Jr. wrote in a court affidavit.
“CJ is drunk and is waving around a loaded pistol,” Wesley Jordan wrote, according to the affidavit. “Saying he has one in the chamber for all of us. I think someone should go outside and call the police. I think that (the) situation is only going to get worse.”
Police officers made contact with Jordan, but he reportedly refused to follow their commands, according to a Vancouver police bulletin.
Three officers went to the backyard and evacuated several of the children out of a back window, court records say.
Vancouver police Officer Christopher Douville gave some verbal commands to Jordan, then fired multiple rounds through the back window, according to court records.
Jordan fell down and then disappeared deeper into the house, Neiman wrote. One of the rounds struck Jordan in the left shoulder, court records say. No other injuries were reported.
He was taken into custody by a team of officers near the front of the residence.
Jordan denied ever pointing the gun at his family, according to court records. He said that he entered the residence and placed the gun on a mantle above a fireplace after removing the magazine, court records say.
During an argument with his family, he decided to leave, he said, according to court records.
He claimed that “he placed the pistol back in his waist and was walking in the hallway to tell his family he was leaving when he was shot by police,” Neiman wrote.
Social media users reported seeing a large number of police units converging on the neighborhood as patrol officers and on-duty SWAT personnel arrived on the scene.
Emergency medical crews also were called in. Jordan was transported to PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center for treatment and then was booked into the Clark County Jail.
The case will be investigated by the Regional Major Crimes Team, led by the sheriff’s office.
The three-bedroom ranch-style house is on a suburban road just west of Northeast 162nd Avenue and is less than one-fourth of a mile from where a motorist shot a Vancouver police officer on June 30.
Vancouver motorcycle patrol Officer Dustin Goudschaal was shot during a traffic stop near the intersection of Northeast 162nd Avenue and 34th Street. Goudschaal survived his injuries.
