Bizarre story of a shooting, kidnapping, an escape and an arrest

By Adam Ghassemi KATU News and KATU.com Staff Published: Nov 15, 2009 at 10:37 PM PST Last Updated: Nov 16, 2009 at 7:52 AM PST
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Deputies said 33-year-old Jose Pinedaleon opened fire on Interstate 205 near the Stafford Road exit at his ex-girlfriend's black Lexus - leaving this bullet hole.

BATTLE GROUND, Wash. - She did what she had to do to stay alive. Now deputies have her ex-boyfriend in custody charged with attempted murder and first-degree kidnapping.

Deputies said he took her to a remote area of Clark County, near Battle Ground. But it wasn't until after several scary hours, where the woman got shot at and ended up in gravel pit with her estranged boyfriend.

Deputies said the woman got off work from a Milwaukie sports bar early-Saturday morning when her ex-boyfriend showed up. The woman said he was trying to get them back together.

She said she wasn't having it, so she left. However, he wasn't taking "no" for an answer.

Deputies said 33-year-old Jose Pinedaleon then followed her onto Interstate 205 where he opened fire, hitting her black Lexus at least once all while calling her with a very scary message.

"He pulled up alongside of her," said Detective Jim Strovink with the Clackamas County Sheriff's Office, "and he was calling her - threatening her - and he said, 'If you don't pull over now, I'm going to kill you.'"

Deputies said she then pulled over, and got in his car.

Pinedaleon reportedly then took her to a remote part of Clark County. Squirreled away in a gravel pit, Pinedaleon eventually fell asleep. Deputies said took that as an opportunity.

She took his gun and flagged down a Good Samaritan, who brought her to the Chevron station in Battle Ground. Safe inside the station's restroom, she took the bullets out of the gun and disassembled it before hiding the weapon in her clothes.

Deputies said they caught up with Pinedaleon in Portland Saturday night. He's scheduled to be arraigned 3 p.m., Monday, Nov. 16, in Clackamas County Circuit Court.

Investigators tell KATU they are still trying to answer two questions: where exactly he took her, and who the Good Samaritan is.


Additional details provided in a press release from the Clackamas County Sheriff's Office:

  • The suspect is reported to have been drinking and followed the victim to her vehicle when she finished her shift at 3 a.m. Saturday morning.
  • The suspect pulled alongside the victim's vehicle and discharged at least one round from his handgun into the driver's side of [his estranged girlfriend's] automobile as they proceeded along I-205, near the Stafford Road exit.
  • The suspect is reported to have transported the victim in his vehicle to an isolated, rural location, near Woodland or Battle Ground, Wash. This is an area described as a location that is commonly used for recreational target shooting and may be a former gravel pit type location.
  • Upon arriving at this remote location the suspect continued with this threats and actions to kill [his ex].
  • After several hours while being held against her will with the armed suspect parked in this secluded area, the suspect fell asleep and [the victim] was able to slip the handgun from the sleeping suspect and fled from her abductor.
  • As she fled from the suspect vehicle, an oncoming vehicle stopped and picked her up while she was waving for a ride. This unidentified female Good Samaritan is described to have only been able to speak English, and believed unable to communicate effectively with the Spanish-only-speaking victim.
  • What the Good Samaritan was probably not aware of while performing this good deed is the suspect was awakened as his ex (now armed with the gun) was fleeing, and he followed [her] and the Good Samaritan to the Chevron gas station.
  • In the car, [the victim] was receiving text messages from the suspect on her cell phone. The messages warned her not to tell the police - and that he had an accomplice, who would harm her and her children if she spoke with the police.
  • After [the victim sought] refuge in the restroom ... the gas station attendants detected something was peculiar and notified the Battle Ground Police Department who responded to the scene.
  • Later on Saturday evening, at 6:50 p.m., the identified suspect in this case was arrested by Clackamas County Sheriff's Office Patrol Personnel and Detectives - without incident - as he was traveling in his vehicle near 12101 S.E. 82nd Ave., in Happy Valley. The suspect was driving his 2008, black Dodge Charger, which was used earlier during this described crime spree.
  • Jose Guadalupe Pinedaleon declares a residential address on La Frambois Road, in Vancouver, Wash.
  • Those with details on this case can submit crime-tip text messages to the Clackamas County Sheriff's Office. Text CRIMES (274637) with the keyword CCSO as the first word in the message body.