Police investigating deadly shooting in Milwaukie

By Emily Sinovic KATU News and KATU.com Staff Published: Feb 13, 2012 at 12:39 PM PDT Last Updated: Feb 13, 2012 at 9:11 PM PDT
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Lisa S. Haynes, left, and Terry Lee Daniel, right (photo courtesy Steve Smith, manager of the residential community).

MILWAUKIE, Ore. - Police are investigating two shootings that left a woman dead and a gunshot wound to a man's chest in a 55 and older community.

Around 6 p.m. Sunday, officers responded to the Altramar Mobile Home Park at 4400 S.E. Roethe Road after getting a 9-1-1 call from someone who lives there.

"I was sitting at my computer and heard a couple of yells and I didn't think anything about it because couldn't make out any words," said neighbor Lark Russell. "Then next I heard, 'Help! Help!' and so I thought I better go see what's going on."

"I went out on the back porch and yelled out, 'where are you?' because I heard another 'Help!' and I said where are you because I couldn't see anything," he added. "And a male voice yelled out 'call 9-1-1' so I came back in, called 911, went back out on the porch and he yelled out 'attempted suicide, gunshot wounds.'

Lisa S. Haynes, 55, was found dead at the scene of an apparent gunshot wound to the chest. Terry Lee Daniel, 60, was alive but suffering from a self inflicted gunshot wound to the chest. He was transported to the hospital. He is in serious condition.

Early reports indicated the two were husband and wife but Kathie Baker, a neighbor and friend, later said the couple was not married. However, she said they were very close.

"He was very protective of her," she said. "Seemed to care about her very, very much."

“She was in a rehab care facility for her health problems," Steve Smith, the community's manager, said. "Their funding ended for a helper, so he had to bring her home again and it was hard for him to take care of her. I think they probably decided this was the best solution for them."

What happened came as a shock to those who knew the couple. They say they knew the two were under stress because of Haynes' health problems - the woman had problems with seizures over the years and was wheelchair-bound following a bad fall last summer - but never saw something like this coming.

"He seemed to enjoy taking care of her," Baker said. "When she was walking, they'd take the bus to go grocery shopping. Neither one of them drove and they took the bus everywhere together."

Baker said if she or others had known that the couple needed help, they would have stepped up without hesitation. But she never knew they were struggling.