Multiple shots fired by police at Vancouver suspect
VANCOUVER, Wash. -- Multiple officers fired shots at a wanted fugitive in a car Friday morning, killing him, officials said.
Saturday, police identified the suspect as 50-year-old Jessee J. France.
The shooting came after France rammed an undercover police officer's car. Officers inside the car exited and confronted France. That's when police said several officers, including Vancouver officers, U.S. Marshals and correctional officers who comprise a fugitive task force, fired shots.
"The actions of the suspect, who was the driver of the vehicle that rammed the police vehicle, escalated the situation," Vancouver police spokeswoman Kim Kapp said in a press release.
No shots were fired at police.
France died at the scene.
"I was down by the dumpster and the guy was shot," said witness Angelika Glavin. "I heard them saying 'get down' then I heard shooting go off through the window. I saw him being shot."
The case began when the officers were searching for France, who was wanted on a felony warrant and considered armed and dangerous. Police said he has several ongoing felony cases.
The shooting was first reported just after 11 a.m. at or near The Addison apartment complex in the 7500 block of Northeast 18th Street, south of Fourth Plain Boulevard in central Vancouver.
Police said France lived in the complex. Neighbors say there were many complaints about that building, including loud noise and drug activity.
Neighbors also reported seeing four people led out of the apartment in handcuffs, although police have not said who they were.
KATU reporter Kerry Tomlinson contributed to this report
Normally it is farily quiet here at The Addison - but with the scene that transpired yesterday morning was surreal. The amount of police and federal personnel that descended on our apartment complex after shots were fired escalated in just a few minutes. Than we were basically held hostage while the investigation continued. It is amazing that one of the requirements to become a resident you must pass a criminal check - guess this fellow fell thru the cracks!
What amazes me is that every single VPD officer showed-up on the scene when it was a federal thing. You cannot find a VPD for anything to save your life 100% of the time. Now they get to tell all their friends they were there. The Marshal's Service I applaud, but VPD remains an embarrassment being a retired sheriff...Â
 @boned As opposed to your amazingly embarrassing comment...as a so-called retired sheriff?....I applaud your audacity.
Here's the scoop: His name was Jesse France. The police tried to pull him over for speeding, he took off. Police did not follow him. Minutes later there was a call of a wreck near Walnut Grove Elementary.  Witness said he hit a telephone pole and then fled on foot. A witness tried to follow him but he pulled a gun on the witness. (At the time) Police were unable to find him with a K9. This is from an article on KPTV.com that was posted 12/18/12.
 @leapfrogger Good bye, and good f!@#$g riddance!! You have to love those green-tipped bullets the feds use that will penetrate just about anything. We used .45 caliber 180 grain +p+ that would do an incredible job at penetration and still kill the skel, but we did not have rifles...
Oh, there is also a pic of him in the kptv article from 12/18/12.
Thanks for saving the taxpayers legal defense and incarceration costs!
 @Unknown Not only that, but the perp found a way to remove himself from the gene pool and no one else was inured -- hooray!  -- another successful outcome achieved.
@ThePosterFormerlyKnownAsPhredE @Unknown your an idiot you dont even know anythinf beyond the first report and already your thinking the police were in the right , your a good little citizen ,,, now try being human !!!!
"The actions of the suspect, who was the driver of the vehicle that rammed the police vehicle,
escalated the situation," Vancouver police spokeswoman Kim Kapp said in a press release.
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Ramming the police vehicle escalated the situation?
Do tell.
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We pay Kim Kapp to state the obvious?
I want that job.
 @Mipsfer You could not handle it...
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Ram a carload of marshals? .... glad he is out of the gene pool.
 @oldcouvguy Another one rides the bus to oblivion just to see the Great White Light...
Nice job! Another local scumbag that nobody will ever need to worry about.
 @wondering But, but society wronged him and he was just a misunderstood lad that has/had a family that will undoubtedly come forward and swear it was all a set-up and then some bottom-feeding attorney will file a lawsuit because his civil rights were violated. And on-and-on this will go.........
 @boned I'm sure he was just about to turn his life around.
@boned  ya, pathetic that those things happen.
Sounds like this was a warrant task force operation. Glad no officers were hurt!
What they needed more the 7 rounds...impossible they are trained professionals...
 @FreedomRocks Now, now - only because you are joking do I refrain...
I'm glad that no law enforcement officers or innocent bystanders were hurt. It'll be interesting to read more of the details as they are available.
 @DeaconBugg We are dealing with the feds - not VPD on more facts...
I wonder if it was this guy?
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http://www.katu.com/news/local/Police-1-arrested-1-at-large-after-Vancouver-kidnapping-shooting-181695371.html
 @SelfPossessed Someone on The Columbian website says his name was Jesse France and someone on the KPTV comment board called him Jessie. Of course they're saying he was a good guy, the police suck and we should feel sorry for him..........um, yeah no.
 @SelfPossessed I am pretty sure it's not since the man was already arrested a few weeks back.
@dreinin86 @SelfPossessed Arrested a few weeks ago? That doesn't mean he's still in jail, you know.
Sad. Vancouver used to be a somewhat-decent town, but now it's just a regional epicenter for thugs and miscreants of all sorts.
@Whobeke  It is still a nice town - you just need to know not where to go because just like any city, there are scum areas - this is one of them.
 @wondering Unfortunately, those "scum" areas are becoming more and more common. As well as larger and scummier.
 @Gravity Works!  @wondering No different than most cities. The problems really began when 205 opened and the population started growing. I grew up there when Mill Plain was two lanes to nowhere and a huge field of cows & horses behind my house. But yeah, like wondering said most areas are just fine. Just like any city, you have to know the areas to avoid.
 @Whobeke I must've missed the "somewhat-decent town" thing.  I've only lived here since 1981.
 @Sundowner  @Whobeke I think back when my great great great great grandparents lived there it was very nice place. Wish I still owned their downtown property though!
 @FreedomRocks  Wonder what *they* complained about not being the way ". . . it used to be . . . "?
The Marshals were not there on a whim, and he used his car as a deadly weapon - I'll have to defer to the cops' judgment for now. Mr. Bad Guy simply ran out of free passes.Â
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Thanks, officers, for stepping into harm's way so I don't have to.
@alohan so have you
 @alohan No one would do that when they could use a gun. I just heard the left claim guns are the cause of violent crime. Hmmm must be a type or the car must have been a Colt Mustang but not the .380 version.
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@Fed up Fed Ah Fed that large frontal cortex you like to brag about has you in a permant dream state... WAKE UP WAKE UP as Tom would say.
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Good old USA comes in around 63rd in murders by country and many of the 62 countries with higher murder rates don't allow guns.
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So once again how is that that large frontal cortex going to help you spank me again???
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@Fed up Fed One world comes to my mind reading your comments here. FANATIC.
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@Dr. Rawdog Just wondering, don't you have things to do, Doc?
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 @pdxd  Probably already has that base well covered, don't you think?
 @Dr. Rawdog If it's that slow....wanna play doctor?
In that case, if you really are a physician, heal thyself. LOL
In the rush to bring this story out, even with an update, there really is not much useful information! Sure hope there will more updates!
 @jpk http://www.columbian.com/news/2013/jan/18/officer-reportedly-involved-shooting-vancouver/
 @jpk http://www.columbian.com/news/2013/jan/18/man-rammed-police-car/
Thanks, but "page not found".
 @SAbbottVancouver  @jpk  Who cares?  The bad guy is dead, no others hurt. Period.  Good job officers.
@jpk http://www.columbian.com/news/2013/jan/18/officer-reportedly-involved-shooting-vancouver/
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But still not a lot of useful information. Just a bit more on the agencies involved and details not on this site.