News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
According to police, when Brown pulled up and stopped his vehicle by the vacant lot across the street from the bank, Hill fired on him also.
Neither officer returned fire and they talked Hill into surrendering without further incident. According to police reports, a subsequent search of Hill's vehicle turned up a .22 caliber Colt Frontier Scout revolver and several .22 shell casings.
"They used good tactics, they showed good judgment and their training came through," Sisters Police Chief Dave Haynes told The Nugget. "When your tactics come together and it's resolved and it's resolved quickly, that's a good job."
Detective Pray praised the efficiency of interagency cooperation with the sheriff's department and said that he "didn't really do anything any other officer wouldn't have done."
Hill was arraigned January 3 on two counts of first degree assault, two counts of attempted murder and two counts of carrying a dangerous weapon.
According to police, Hill has an extensive police record dating back to a 1941 arrest in Cheyenne, Wyoming on charges of aggravated robbery. He is due to enter a plea on the charges from the incident in Sisters on January 23.
Jim Cornelius is editor in chief of The Nugget and author of “Warriors of the Wildlands: True Tales of the Frontier Partisans.” A history buff, he explores frontier history across three centuries and several continents on his podcast, The Frontier Partisans. For more information visit www.frontierpartisans.com.
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