Oregon man knocked out, hogtied active shooter
Portland Police: Active shooter taken down, knocked out and hogtied by alert hero neighbor
Posted by: Gregory Hoyt for Lawenforcement Today.
According to Portland Police, an active shooting suspect was reportedly taken down by a neighbor after firing off over two dozen rounds – that surprisingly hit no one.
The manner in which this active shooter was taken down, according to authorities, was that this neighbor knocked out the shooter and hogtied him.
On June 29th at approximately 1:00 AM, Portland Police say that 32-year-old Luke Stolarzyk fired off approximately 29 bullets an apartment building located in southwest Portland.
A man identified in court documents as John Dickerson, had initially been awoken by what sounded like a loud argument during the evening of the incident. When Dickerson went outside of his apartment, he reportedly saw the suspect with a handgun and a green laser.
Stolarzyk was then said to have gone back into his own apartment an retrieved an AR15, which he allegedly began firing the weapon randomly toward a row of apartment buildings. Dickerson had reportedly snuck up behind the suspect and struck him with a stick.
Dickerson was then said to have wrestled the gun away from the suspect, reportedly narrowly avoiding getting shot in the process, and then beat the suspect until he fell unconscious.
By the time responding officers arrived at the scene that unfolded at the Stephens Creek Crossing apartments, the affidavit from the case noted that officers found “several people standing around the defendant, who was hogtied and had been beaten up.”
Police working the scene of the incident were said to have recovered 29 shell casings and the weapon allegedly used by the suspect, noting that they were bullet holes in several cars and apartments within the area.
Video surveillance footage also allegedly shows the suspect shooting at a man that was running through the parking lot, according to authorities.
Stolarzyk was said to have been initially escorted to a local hospital for treatment of his sustained injuries and has since been charged with several counts of attempted murder, reckless endangerment, unlawful use of a weapon, criminal mischief and discharging a firearm.
Bond for the defendant was set at $250,000.