Car Crash in Rural Oregon Escalates Into Shootout as Both Drivers Suffer Gunshot Wounds

Twenty-seven-year-old Dyllan Nicholas Thompson of Toledo has been arrested on charges of first-degree assault and the unlawful use of a weapon following a car crash in rural Lincoln county that escalated into an exchange of gunfire between two drivers.

The incident occurred near milepost 12 on Elk City Road on Thursday afternoon. Deputies from the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of an exchange of gunfire following a collision.

Multiple law enforcement agencies responded to the scene and, shortly after 2 p.m., Toledo Police officers located  Jacob Barnhart near milepost 12 with a gunshot wound to the leg. First aid was administered before Barnhart was airlifted from Eddyville to the Good Samaritan Hospital in Corvallis.

Based on a description of the second vehicle and its suspect, provided by Barnhart, investigators began a regional search.

Officers administered first aid before Barnhart was airlifted from Eddyville to Good Samaritan Hospital in Corvallis. Before being transported, he was able to provide officers with a description of the other vehicle and the suspect involved, according to the Sheriff’s Office.

Investigators began a regional search and, at 5.45 p.m., received another report of a gunshot victim in the 100 block of Jacobson Road, near the site of the original crash. The injured man was identified as Dyllan Nicholas Thompson, who conceded that he had been involved in a vehicle crash earlier that day and sustained a gunshot wound to his leg.

Thompson was admitted to Samaritan Pacific Community Hospital in Newport for treatment and was arrested and charged following an interview with investigators.

Investigators are asking anyone who traveled on Elk City Road between 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. on October 10 to contact the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office at 541-265-0777.