A Vancouver man who was shot by police when he allegedly threatened members of his family with a gun pleaded not guilty Friday to four felony charges.
Cacy L. Jordan, 37, of Vancouver appeared in Clark County Superior Court still wearing a sling on his left arm. He was wounded in a standoff with police at his home in the Parkway East neighborhood.
He is charged with two counts of second-degree domestic violence assault and two counts of felony harassment death threats. His trial is scheduled for Sept. 22.
Judge Suzan Clark denied a request Friday by Jordan’s court-appointed attorney, Steven Rucker, to reduce Jordan’s $100,000 bail.
“He is in need of some medical care he didn’t think he was able get through the services at the jail,” Rucker said.
Deputy Prosecutor Rebecca Ward objected to the request.
“The state has some serious concerns about the safety of the victims and the safety of the community at large,” she said.
Officers responded to a report of a disturbance with weapons at a home at 16021 N.E. 37th St. at 10:48 p.m. July 19.
Court records say Jordan was drunk and threatening his wife and children with a pistol. During a prolonged confrontation with Jordan, his wife, Wesley Jordan, slipped her mother a note stating that she was afraid that Jordan was going to kill her and her children, Clark County sheriff’s Detective Fred Neiman Jr. wrote in a court affidavit.
“CJ is drunk and is waving around a loaded pistol,” Wesley Jordan wrote, according to the affidavit. “Saying he has one in the chamber for all of us. I think someone should go outside and call the police. I think that (the) situation is only going to get worse.”
Police officers made contact with Jordan, but he reportedly refused to follow their commands, according to a Vancouver police bulletin.
Three officers went to the backyard and took several of the children out a back window, court records say.
Vancouver police Officer Christopher Douville gave Jordan some spoken commands, then fired multiple rounds through the back window, according to court records.
One of the rounds struck Jordan in the left shoulder, court records say. Jordan fell and then disappeared deeper into the house, Neiman wrote. He was taken into custody by a team of officers near the front of the residence.
Jordan denied ever pointing the gun at his family, according to court records. He said that he entered the home and placed the gun on a mantle above a fireplace after removing the magazine, court records say.
During an argument with his family, he decided to leave, he said, according to court records.
He claimed that “he placed the pistol back in his waist and was walking in the hallway to tell his family he was leaving when he was shot by police,” Neiman wrote.
The case was investigated by the Regional Major Crimes Team, led by the sheriff’s office.
The three-bedroom ranch-style house is on a suburban street just west of Northeast 162nd Avenue and is less than one-fourth of a mile from where a motorist shot a Vancouver police officer June 30.
Vancouver motorcycle patrol Officer Dustin Goudschaal was shot during a traffic stop near the intersection of Northeast 162nd Avenue and 34th Street. Goudschaal survived.
