Date; Friday December 6th, 2019

Case; 2019-395596

Date and Time of Incident; December 6, 2019 @ 3:37 pm

Type of Incident; Injury Hit and Run Motor Vehicle Crash

Location; SE 15th Street @ SE Golden Gate Place

Victim; (52) year old female Bend Resident

Passenger; Juvenile Bend Resident

Suspect; Harry Clifford Shearer (41) year old Bend Resident

Charges;

Felony Fail to perform duties of a driver (Hit and Run)

DUII/alcohol

Attempt to Elude

Narrative;

On December 6, 2019 at 3:37 pm Officers from the City of Bend responded to a reported head on motor vehicle crash in the roundabout at SE 15th Street @ SE Golden Gate Place. Citizens reported to Deschutes County 911 dispatch that a gray Honda Accord drove the wrong way into the roundabout and collided with a black Jeep Wrangler. The driver of the Jeep, a 52 year old female Bend resident, sustained injuries in the crash. An Off Duty member of Bend Fire and Rescue assisted at the crash by providing care to the injured female. The female was later transported by Bend Fire and Rescue to St. Charles Medical Center Bend via ambulance. A juvenile passenger in the Jeep was transported by personal vehicle to St. Charles Medical Center Bend for evaluation. The male driver and only occupant of the Honda sustained visible injuries from the crash. The male fled the crash on foot. Citizens that witnessed the crash provided responding officers with a physical description of the fleeing suspect. Additional citizens contacted police and provided Officers with information on the suspect’s direction of travel and to the presence of evidence the suspect discarded as he fled.  Officers not involved in the crash investigation established a perimeter to contain the suspect. At 4:03 pm a Bend Police Officer on the perimeter observed a male matching the suspect’s description in the area of SE 27th Street and SE Stevens Road. The Officer attempted to contact the male but the male fled. The Officer followed the male and detained him after the male attempted to hide in a snow covered open area. The male was taken into custody without further incident and identified as Harry Clifford Shearer. Bend Fire and Rescue responded and evaluated Shearer. Shearer was transported to St. Charles Medical Center Bend for evaluation. Shearer was issued a citation in lieu of custody and released at St. Charles Medical Center.  

The Bend Police Department was assisted by Bend Fire and Rescue. The Bend Police Department would like to thank the citizens that stopped at the traffic crash and provided aid to the injured female and to the citizens that provided information regarding the suspect that assisted with his capture.

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