WASHINGTON COUNTY, Ore. — A Washington County grand jury has indicted a man accused of attacking a sheriff’s deputy with rocks during a confrontation outside a McDonald’s restaurant that led the deputy to fire their service weapon.
According to the Washington County Sheriff’s Office, the incident occurred at approximately 12:48 a.m. on Wednesday, June 24, when deputies responded to reports of a man breaking windows at the McDonald’s located at 19525 SW Tualatin Valley Highway.
A single deputy arrived at the scene and contacted the suspect, who was later identified as 40-year-old Marco Antonio Jimenez-Ramos.
Authorities said that during the encounter, Jimenez-Ramos armed himself with multiple rocks and began aggressively throwing them at the deputy. Believing their life was in danger, the deputy fired their service weapon. Jimenez-Ramos was not struck by the gunfire.
Jimenez-Ramos was taken into custody immediately after the incident and booked into the Washington County Jail, where he remains in custody.
The Washington County Major Crimes Team is leading the investigation into the officer-involved shooting.
On Wednesday, July 1, a Washington County grand jury indicted Jimenez-Ramos on two counts of Unlawful Use of a Weapon and two counts of Criminal Mischief in the First Degree.
The investigation remains ongoing. Anyone with information about the incident is asked to contact Detective Rebecca Venable of the Hillsboro Police Department at 503-629-0111.
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