A second suspect who allegedly kidnapped and shot at a homeless man, after ambushing him, his spouse and their dog inside their vehicle, appeared Monday in Clark County Superior Court.
Paul R. Woodman, 42, no address provided, appeared on suspicion of first-degree kidnapping, two counts of second-degree assault, second-degree unlawful possession of a firearm and two counts of harassment stemming from the April 1 incident.
Woodman’s alleged co-defendant, 37-year-old John Wayne Maxwell of Vancouver, previously appeared in court.
Vancouver police responded about 11:30 a.m. April 1 to the 6000 block of Northeast St. Johns Boulevard for a reported kidnapping. The 911 caller, Jennifer Talbot, reported that two men — one armed with a handgun — had kidnapped her husband, Mark Hayes-Hanley. The man with the firearm threatened to shoot Hayes-Hanley and the couple’s dog if she called police, according to a probable cause affidavit.
Hayes-Hanley returned to the area where he was kidnapped a couple of hours later and was picked up by police, the affidavit states. He was uninjured.
He told police that he was sleeping in his parked car and awoke to two men, later identified as Woodman and Maxwell, standing on each side of the couple’s car. Maxwell escorted Hayes-Hanley from his car while Woodman pointed a handgun at the couple, court records said.
Hayes-Hanley was forced into the bed of the assailants’ truck, he said, and was driven to a barn in the 10300 block of Northeast 119th Street, according to court documents.
There, he was instructed to get on his knees, and Maxwell held the handgun to Hayes-Hanley’s head, threatening him, and then forced the firearm into his mouth. Hayes-Hanley said he closed his eyes and then heard a loud explosion near his right ear. Woodman knocked him to the ground and then instructed him to leave the area, the affidavit states.
Hayes-Hanley said he ran away and then walked back to his car to make sure Talbot was safe, court records said.
Surveillance video at the scene of the kidnapping captured the incident. Police later located a single shell casing from the second location, as well as a shotgun and percussion cap revolver, and Woodman’s state identification, according to court documents.
Court records show that Woodman has prior convictions in California for attempted murder and unlawful possession of a firearm.
He is being held on $200,000 bail and will be arraigned May 4.
