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by Michael Rollins and KGW Staff
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Posted on January 27, 2012 at 7:47 AM
Updated Friday, Jan 27 at 8:36 PM
PORTLAND -- A prowler was shot by a North Portland homeowner who fired a shotgun round loaded with rubber pellets early Friday morning.
The homeowner, Tim Wallace, reported shortly before 4 a.m. that a prowler was at his back door in the 7000 block of North Seward. He had fired at the suspect, causing him to flee, said Sgt. Peter Simpson.
Wallace said his wife had come home earlier and noticed that items by the back door had been moved. He got his shotgun out of the safe and went to bed. When he heard a noise, he grabbed the gun and went looking.
"The minute I turned into the breezeway, there was a guy coming at me," said Wallace, "I discharged my weapon with rubber pellets, buckshot, non-lethal."
Arriving officers found the suspect, 54-year-old Oscar Claude Taylor Jr., behind St. John's Lutheran Church. He was treated for injuries that were not life-threatening, including a wound from the shooting.
Taylor has multiple past convictions for buglary and drugs, records show. He had not yet been charged with any crimes in Friday's case.
Wallace told KGW he bought the shotgun from Montgomery Ward in 1970 and had not fired it in more than 40 years. He said he keeps it loaded with three rubber pellet rounds and a standard load.
Rubber bullets are generally associated with police who use the less-lethal round for crowd control. Simpson said the homeowner has no affiliation with law enforcement.
KGW Reporter Kyle Iboshi contributed to this report
by Michael Rollins and KGW Staff
Bio | Email | Follow: @KGWNews
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 7:47 AM
Updated Friday, Jan 27 at 8:36 PM
PORTLAND -- A prowler was shot by a North Portland homeowner who fired a shotgun round loaded with rubber pellets early Friday morning.
The homeowner, Tim Wallace, reported shortly before 4 a.m. that a prowler was at his back door in the 7000 block of North Seward. He had fired at the suspect, causing him to flee, said Sgt. Peter Simpson.
Wallace said his wife had come home earlier and noticed that items by the back door had been moved. He got his shotgun out of the safe and went to bed. When he heard a noise, he grabbed the gun and went looking.
"The minute I turned into the breezeway, there was a guy coming at me," said Wallace, "I discharged my weapon with rubber pellets, buckshot, non-lethal."
Arriving officers found the suspect, 54-year-old Oscar Claude Taylor Jr., behind St. John's Lutheran Church. He was treated for injuries that were not life-threatening, including a wound from the shooting.
Taylor has multiple past convictions for buglary and drugs, records show. He had not yet been charged with any crimes in Friday's case.
Wallace told KGW he bought the shotgun from Montgomery Ward in 1970 and had not fired it in more than 40 years. He said he keeps it loaded with three rubber pellet rounds and a standard load.
Rubber bullets are generally associated with police who use the less-lethal round for crowd control. Simpson said the homeowner has no affiliation with law enforcement.
KGW Reporter Kyle Iboshi contributed to this report