Money argument root of shooting, police pursuit

A Vancouver shooting that led police on a pursuit that ended in Portland earlier this week began as an argument over money, according to an arrest warrant affidavit filed in Clark County Superior Court.

Lowell Edward Jackson, 47, remains in Multnomah County Jail pending Oregon charges of eluding police and possession of cocaine. However, Jackson will eventually be extradited to face allegations of first-degree attempted murder and fourth-degree assault in Clark County.

Jackson got into a verbal argument with his girlfriend, Alicha Rogers, over rent money just after 10 a.m. Wednesday morning, according to the locally filed affidavit.

Rogers’ younger brother, Markel Bolton, who lives with Rogers and Jackson at 14417 N.E. 30th St., intervened, and the two men got into a fist fight, the documents state.

Jackson then left the apartment and retrieved a handgun from his gold 2000 Buick, then walked back into the apartment and pulled the gun from his sock, according to the affidavit.

Rogers tried to wrestle the gun away from Jackson, who had pointed the gun at Bolton, the documents state.

Jackson was able to easily push Rogers to the floor, and Jackson fired two rounds at Bolton, who was standing about eight feet away in the living room, according to the affidavit.

Bolton dove to the ground, and the rounds barely missed him, according to the document. Jackson’s 2-year-old daughter was sitting in the living room across from Bolton when the shots were fired.

Jackson then fled in the Buick, heading south until he eventually crashed on the Interstate 205 exit to Killingworth in Portland.