Road-rage shooting claims Tigard father while driving from the Oregon coast

A Tigard man died Wednesday after being shot and killed on Oregon 18 northeast of Otis in a suspected road-rage incident.

Dennis Anderson, 45, was together with his associate of 18 years, Brandy Goldsbury, on a day journey to Lincoln Metropolis after per week of COVID-19 quarantine. They have been headed again to their Tigard house round 8:30 p.m on July 13 once they observed a driver in a automobile attempting to go them, stated Goldsbury, 46.

Goldsbury, who has labored as a medical assistant at Oregon Well being & Science College, stated Anderson sprayed wiper fluid on his windshield whereas driving and among the fluid could have gotten on the opposite driver’s automobile. “I used to be identical to ‘ignore him, he’s having a nasty day,’” she stated.

The automobile — which police recognized Tuesday as a BMW 3 Sequence — finally handed, Goldsbury stated, and he or she believed it was gone. A number of miles later, nonetheless, they arrived at a relaxation space northeast of Otis the place Goldsbury stated they noticed the identical automobile parked on the facet of the highway.

“We drove by it, after which it obtained behind us,” Goldsbury stated. “After which when the lanes began to show to 1 once more, the automobile began driving actually near the again of us nearly prefer it was going to hit us. After which it will go into oncoming site visitors and form of swerve in direction of us, like attempting to push us to the facet of the forest.”

She stated the opposite automobile did this a few instances, so she informed Anderson to tug over and name 911. He did. He additionally obtained out of the automobile whereas Goldsbury dialed, she stated.

That’s when the motive force of the opposite automobile stopped parallel to them and began taking pictures into the automobile, she stated. “The very last thing that he stated was, ‘Oh my god, they shot me.’” Goldsbury stated.

After a number of pictures, Goldsbury unbuckled her seatbelt and flagged down passing automobiles for assist.

“By the point I obtained to him, blood was popping out of his mouth,” she stated. She stated a person began CPR on Anderson and didn’t cease till paramedics arrived.

Police, as of Tuesday, haven’t made any arrests. They stated the motive force fled.

Oregon State Police described the suspect as a brief, less-than-25-year-old man with darkish hair.

In early April on U.S. 26, a driver of a Land Rover SUV fired a number of instances at a Ford Flex carrying a household from Cannon Seashore to Camas, Washington. Nobody was injured in that incident.

Anderson had two teenage daughters and an grownup stepson.

“He’s a kind of pushover dads,” Goldsbury stated. “They might ask for one thing completely outrageous, and he could be like ‘no’ after which I’d flip round and he’d be doing it, making it occur for them.”

Anderson grew up in Massachusetts, and his father, David Anderson, stated he was finest associates together with his son, spending time with him on numerous actions that included fishing, watching New England Patriot video games, and dealing on automobiles and a ship.

Once they would go fishing, David Anderson, 65, stated, “we might make it like a event – see who’d get the largest fish.”

Goldsbury stated she met her associate in on-line chat rooms, and Anderson drove throughout the nation for 2 days from Massachusetts to Oregon to see her. “I freaked myself out and despatched him away,” Goldsbury stated. “I used to be like ‘no, no we will’t do that, I can’t have unusual individuals coming to my home.’”

However then she stated she reconsidered. When Anderson had already pushed to Hood River, she stated she referred to as him again. “After which he got here again, after which he by no means left,” Goldsbury stated.

The couple, who’ve lived within the Portland space since 2008, did many issues collectively, from beginning a cleaning soap firm to taking household journeys to the coast.

“There’s a little bit hamburger place in Lincoln Metropolis that we might go to,” she stated. “That was the children’ and Dennis’ favourite place to go. It’s a little bit dive burger joint, however they beloved it.”

Their dream was to purchase a home within the Lincoln Metropolis-area, Goldsbury stated.

Anderson additionally made modifications in his life to spend extra time together with his daughters. He not too long ago left a pharmacy job and delivered pizzas part-time to spend extra time together with his children, she stated.

His stepmother, Karen Anderson, stated Goldsbury and the three kids have been his world.

“His life revolved round them,” stated Anderson, 67, who lives in Sharon, Massachusetts.

—Zaeem Shaikh; mshaikh@oregonian.com; 503-221-8111; @zaeemshake