Three people were taken into custody in connection with a Gresham, Ore., homicide investigation after they led law enforcement officers on a high-speed chase from Portland through Clark County and into Cowlitz County on Friday afternoon.
Trooper Will Finn of the Washington State Patrol said the agency received word from the Portland Police Bureau that officers were pursuing a vehicle heading north on Interstate 205 into Washington. The pursuit crossed into Clark County around 3 p.m.
The tan or brown Cadillac was traveling in excess of 100 mph at times, according to emergency radio traffic monitored at The Columbian, and Finn said the driver actively tried to elude officers.
The chase proceeded into Cowlitz County, and radio traffic indicated the driver avoided multiple spike-strip deployments and attempted to drive a pursuing officer’s vehicle off the roadway.