A suspect in the Saturday morning shooting of Washington State Trooper Scott Johnson has been caught.
Martin A. Jones, 45, of Seaview was arrested overnight Sunday in Long Beach and has been booked into Pacific County jail. The State Patrol is still looking for evidence and tips from the public.
According to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer:
The State Patrol says Scott Johnson was working a drunk driving case in Long Beach when a man walked up, started an argument, and then shot him twice, including once in the head.
Dozens of officers spent Sunday going house-to-house all throughout the Long Beach peninsula. Investigators consider this an ambush, and believe Johnson was chosen at random.
Meanwhile, Trooper Johnson is recovering at a Portland, OR hospital and scheduled to be released today. It is not known whether the bullet fragment lodged in the back of Trooper Johnson’s head will ever be able to be removed.
