A Vancouver, Wash., police officer was critically injured in a shooting during a traffic stop Monday, sending all available officers on a two-hour manhunt before the last of two suspects was detained.
Motorcycle officer Dustin Goudschaal, 32, with the Vancouver traffic unit pulled over a vehicle near Northeast 162nd Avenue and 34th Street at about 11:30 a.m. The vehicle was stolen, police told the
Columbian
. After the officer did not respond to a dispatcher, a resident came on the radio and said the officer had been shot, Vancouver police Lt. Scott Creager said.
Goudschaal suffered multiple gunshot wounds and was in stable condition Tuesday at a local hospital. He was hit seven times, and a source said the officer's ballistic vest helped saved his life.
His alleged assailant, James Todd Sapp, 47, appeared in Clark County Superior Court this morning on suspicion of first-degree attempted murder, first-degree robbery and unlawful possession of a firearm. Court records show that Goudschaal has identified Sapp as the shooter.