State police identify cops involved in shooting

Published 1:03 pm Friday, March 6, 2020

PENDLETON — Oregon State Police identified the officers involved in a shooting last month in rural Umatilla County last.

Umatilla County sheriff’s deputy Jason Post, 33, and Milton-Freewater police officer James Farr, 31, according to state police, responded after dispatch received a call at 11:44 p.m. on Feb. 24 on a report of shots fired on Woodrow Street in Umapine.

Stacy Albert Clark, 45, was armed and confronted the officers at the door, state police reported in a news release. The officers fired their weapons during the confrontation, striking Clark. 

An ambulance took Clark to a local hospital. State police did not report the extent of Clark’s injuries but stated he in the intensive care unit.

Post started as a reserve deputy with Umatilla County in 2010. The sheriff’s office hired him full time in December 2013. Farr became a police officer in 2013. Milton-Freewater hired him in April 2015.

Both officers remain on paid administrative leave pursuant to Senate Bill 111 and their respective department policies following the incident.

The major crime team detectives on the case have completed interviews and continue to work to get a complete case to the Umatilla County District Attorney’s Office for review.

Neighbors to the Woodrow Street residence where the shooting occurred said they were jolted awake by the sounds of multiple gunshots coming from an automatic weapon. Alan Benz said he heard three separate sets of multiple shots occur about three to four minutes apart from one another.

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