Sheriff's Office Seeks Information on Man Accused of Shooting Officer

Take a good look at the man in the picture. His name is Jeffrey Giddings and he's accused of shooting a Gladstone Police Officer and taking a hostage.

The Clackamas County Sheriff's Office is hoping that people might know what Giddings was up to between August 2nd when he left a federal halfway house and August 8th when he shot Sgt. Lee Jundt.

Giddings, 35, was arrested Monday night after shooting Jundt and then taking a hostage in a Subway restaurant.

Giddings was then shot by officers. His bail was raised to $1 million on Wednesday as new charges were filed against him.

He is now charged with attempted murder, kidnapping, unlawful use of a weapon, criminal mischief and unlawful use of a weapon.

The sheriff's office would like anyone with information about Giddings's whereabouts to call their tip line at 503-723-4949.

Court documents say that Giddings caused more than $1,000 in damage to the Subway, a Gladstone police car and more.

In addition to allegedly trying to kill Jundt, court documents charge Giddings with trying to kill Benjamin Frazier, a deputy with the Clackamas County Sheriff's Office. The documents do not elaborate on that charge.

Giddings has a long criminal history going back at least 25 years, according to court records.

The incident started around 6:30 Monday night when an officer attempted to pull Giddings over as he rode a bicycle in a traffic stop near West Gloucester Street and Risely Avenue in Gladstone.

Giddings fled the first officer but was then spotted by Jundt who tried to stop him. The man fired several times at Jundt, a 20-year-veteran of the force, striking him in the chest area.

Jundt, who was wearing a vest, is expected to be OK.

Police say that Giddings then fled into the nearby Subway restaurant, and while most people either fled or were released, he kept one woman hostage.

Around 8 p.m., officers fired at least one shot, striking Giddings, who was treated at the scene by trauma surgeons before being transported to Legacy Emanuel with what police say were nonlife-threatening injuries.

Giddings was then transported to Clackamas County Jail. He appeared in court Wednesday via a closed circuit television connection to the jail.

The woman who had been held hostage was not injured.

In court papers filed by federal prosecutors just more than four years ago, they described Giddings as an "armed career criminal."

At the time, he had been convicted 23 times dating back to 1991 of charges including fraud, identity theft, felon in possession of a firearm, "as well as numerous convictions that are drug and theft related."

Prosecutors said Giddings told an agent from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms that his "criminal history was due mostly to his drug addiction. He admitted using methamphetamine, marijuana, cocaine, and heroin. He admitted spending most of the past 20 years in and out of prison."

That case, according to prosecutors, started when Giddings' girlfriend at the time told police her Smith and Wesson 9 mm pistol had been stolen and she suspected Giddings was responsible.

The following April, he took a deal, pleading guilty to one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm.

Prosecutors argued that he was an "armed career criminal" and he should be sentenced to 15 years in prison, which is what he got.

He appealed the sentence, saying that his previous convictions did not qualify him as an armed career criminal.

A federal appeals panel agreed, and he was re-sentenced this past May to nearly five years in prison.

He was released on July 22 to a halfway house from the Federal Correctional Institution in Sheridan.

Less than two weeks later he had violated the terms of his parole, and the next day the facility told the Bureau of Prisons he was missing.

When he was arrested on Monday night, he was also wanted on a warrant for heroin charges in Klamath County.

He's due back in court on Aug. 17.

Someone in the area on Monday posted video to YouTube of officers gathering in the area.

Photo Multnomah County Sheriff's Office