{"id":122256,"date":"2024-11-05T07:44:59","date_gmt":"2024-11-05T00:44:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=122256"},"modified":"2024-11-05T07:44:59","modified_gmt":"2024-11-05T00:44:59","slug":"suspect-in-vancouver-mall-shooting-followed-the-victim-before-killing-him-according-to-court-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=122256","title":{"rendered":"Suspect in Vancouver Mall shooting followed the victim before killing him, according to court records"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<div class=\"mx-lg-7 px-lg-5 px-xl-7\">\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.columbian.com\/news\/2024\/nov\/02\/suspect-in-vancouver-mall-shooting-arrested-by-vancouver-police\/\">suspect<\/a> in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.columbian.com\/news\/2024\/oct\/31\/one-person-dead-two-injured-in-shooting-at-vancouver-mall-food-court\/\">Halloween shooting at Vancouver Mall<\/a> followed the victim for a short time before shooting him in the back of the head at point-blank range, according to court records.<\/p>\n<p>Court records do not indicate a motive for the shooting or whether the suspect and victim knew each other. But court records state Travis L. Ward, 32, donned a \u201cJoker\u201d-type mask shortly after entering the mall, which was hosting a trick-or-treat event.<\/p>\n<p>Ward, of Vancouver, appeared Monday in Clark County Superior Court on suspicion of first-degree murder and two counts of first-degree assault.<\/p>\n<p>According to a motion filed by prosecutors requesting Ward be held without bail, prosecutors also intend to file a charge of unlawful possession of a firearm. Prosecutors said Ward\u2019s criminal history includes convictions for being a felon in possession of a firearm and an Oregon charge for unlawful use of a weapon in 2021.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"\">\n<div class=\"mx-lg-7 px-lg-5 px-xl-7\">\n<p>Judge John Fairgrieve ordered Ward be held in the Clark County Jail without bail until a bail hearing Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Law enforcement from several agencies responded to the mall at 7:28 p.m. Thursday. When they arrived, they found a man, later identified as James Perez, on the ground in the food court with gunshot wounds. He was pronounced dead at the scene, according to a probable cause affidavit.<\/p>\n<p>Officers also learned two other people, identified as Brandon Leyrer and Daniel Martin, were struck by bullets, in the abdomen and the foot, respectively, court records state. They were treated at a local hospital and released by Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Mall surveillance video showed a person, later identified as Ward, wearing blue track-style pants, a black hoodie and a Joker mask following Perez for a short time before shooting him in the head. Ward could then be seen firing several more rounds as Perez dropped to the ground. Ward then ran from the scene, according to the affidavit.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"\">\n<div class=\"d-flex d-lg-block flex-column mx-lg-7 px-lg-5 px-xl-7\">\n<aside class=\"float-lg-right ml-lg-5 order-last\">\n<div class=\"article-inline photo my-6\">\n<figure class=\"mx-auto mb-0\" style=\"max-width:768px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.columbian.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Vancouver-Mall-shooting-_10.31_TB05-1-768x680.jpg\" width=\"768\" height=\"680\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid\" data-enlarge=\"https:\/\/www.columbian.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Vancouver-Mall-shooting-_10.31_TB05-1.jpg\" data-photo-page=\"https:\/\/www.columbian.com\/media\/item\/vancouver-mall-shooting-7\/\" data-disable-purchase=\"false\" alt=\"Emergency responders work outside Vancouver Mall on Thursday, Oct. 31, 2024, after a shooting.\"\/><figcaption class=\"figure-caption border-bottom border-light pb-3 buy-photo\">\n\t\tEmergency responders work outside Vancouver Mall on Thursday, Oct. 31, 2024, after a shooting. (Taylor Balkom\/The Columbian)<br \/>\n\t\t<span class=\"badge badge-dark font-sans ml-2\">Photo<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Perez\u2019s girlfriend told police she and Perez went to the mall to trick-or-treat with their children. She said their son became separated from them, and they were looking for him when Perez was shot, court records state.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators determined Ward was with two women and a child in a costume until just prior to the shooting, and they all left the mall together after the shooting, according to the affidavit.<\/p>\n<p>Vancouver police released images of the women who were with Ward in a news release, in hopes of talking with them.<\/p>\n<p>One of the women then contacted police, and she told them she is Ward\u2019s girlfriend. They were at the mall with her child and Ward\u2019s mother for trick-or-treating, she said, and she didn\u2019t know why her photo was being circulated. She also said she didn\u2019t know Ward had shot anyone, according to court records.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,document,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');fbq('init','192888919167017');fbq('track','PageView');<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.columbian.com\/news\/2024\/nov\/04\/suspect-in-vancouver-mall-shooting-followed-the-victim-before-killing-him-according-to-court-records\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The suspect in a Halloween shooting at Vancouver Mall followed the victim for a short time before shooting him in the back of the head at point-blank range, according to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=122256\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8629],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-122256","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-u-s","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122256","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=122256"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122256\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=122256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=122256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=122256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}