A Vancouver man who was shot by police when officers confronted him after he allegedly threatened members of his family with a gun was sentenced Wednesday to 201 days in jail.
In an agreement with prosecutors, Cacy L. Jordan, 37, pleaded guilty in Clark County Superior Court on Wednesday to second-degree domestic violence assault. In exchange, Deputy Prosecutor Dan Gasperino dismissed a second count of second-degree domestic violence assault and two counts of felony harassment death threats.
Judge John Nichols ordered Jordan to complete 18 months of probation after his release and to have no contact with his wife and daughter for a period of 10 years.
Jordan’s attorney, Steven Rucker, argued that Jordan should serve the minimum time allowed under the law for the crime — three months — because he has no previous felony convictions. Gasperino asked for a maximum sentence of 270 days.
Jordan was wounded in a standoff with police July 19 at his home in the city’s Parkway East neighborhood following a report that Jordan was drunk and threatening his wife and children with a pistol.
Officers responded to the residence on Northeast 37th Street at 10:48 p.m. His wife, Wesley Jordan, had 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 Cacy Jordan, but he reportedly refused to follow their commands, Vancouver police said. Officer Christopher Douville gave Jordan some spoken commands, then fired multiple rounds through the back window, according to court records. One of the rounds struck Jordan in the left shoulder, court records say. Jordan fell and then disappeared deeper into the house, Neiman wrote. He was taken into custody by a team of officers near the front of the residence.
The case was investigated by the Regional Major Crimes Team, led by the sheriff’s office due to Vancouver police’s involvement in the shooting.
