My heart goes out to Officer Dodds and his family. The Oregon coast towns are all quite small and close knit. I edited the owner of the SUV's name as he is not a POI or a suspect at this time.
http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2011/01/lincoln_city_police_shooting.html
Lincoln City [OR] police outline how traffic stop officer was shot
"A massive manhunt continues for a man who shot a Lincoln City police officer late last night during a traffic stop on Highway 101 on the south end of Lincoln City.
Officer Steven B. Dodds, 45, continues in critical condition at Legacy Emanuel Hospital in Portland after undergoing emergency surgery. Dodds, the city's officer of the year last year, is the single father of an 18-year-old daughter.
Police have set up roadblocks and are searching cars, checking trunks and talking to drivers who are going in and out of what appears to be the main search area in Waldport -- a beachfront area of homes known as Sandpiper Village on the north and Bayshore Estates at the south...."
and
"....Police are looking for the registered owner of the Army green SUV, DD, 43, of Portland. They say he is neither a suspect nor a person of interest, but because they've been unable to reach him to ask him about who might be driving his car, authorities are concerned for his safety...."
more at link
http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2011/01/lincoln_city_police_shooting.html
Lincoln City [OR] police outline how traffic stop officer was shot
"A massive manhunt continues for a man who shot a Lincoln City police officer late last night during a traffic stop on Highway 101 on the south end of Lincoln City.
Officer Steven B. Dodds, 45, continues in critical condition at Legacy Emanuel Hospital in Portland after undergoing emergency surgery. Dodds, the city's officer of the year last year, is the single father of an 18-year-old daughter.
Police have set up roadblocks and are searching cars, checking trunks and talking to drivers who are going in and out of what appears to be the main search area in Waldport -- a beachfront area of homes known as Sandpiper Village on the north and Bayshore Estates at the south...."
and
"....Police are looking for the registered owner of the Army green SUV, DD, 43, of Portland. They say he is neither a suspect nor a person of interest, but because they've been unable to reach him to ask him about who might be driving his car, authorities are concerned for his safety...."
more at link