Longview Fire was dispatched to a reported commercial fire at 3001 Industrial Way, the Weyerhaeuser facility. Initial 911 reports indicated that there was a fire in the bag house located at the planner mill. While enroute Longview Firefighters could see a column of black smoke from the intersection of Oregon Way and Industrial Way suggesting a working fire.

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The male subject shot and killed in an apartment at 336 S. Main Ave. on May 7, 2013 was positively identified as 39-year old Bruce Ross Rogers of Astoria. Rogers was shot and killed after he illegally entered the residence of his estranged wife.

Rogers was the only person injured during the incident. The Clatsop County Major Crime Team continues to investigate the incident. No one has been arrested or is in custody at this time. All involved subjects are cooperating with the crime team's investigation.

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Tuesday around 7:00pm Warrenton fire crews arrived to Tackle Time, 530 E Harbor St, in Warrenton.  Fire was reported in the shed area of the structure. The fire was not within the merchant area. Crews quickly contained the flames which were only in one corner of the structure's interior. There was damage inside the building but is not thought to have damaged the building structurally. No injuries were reported. The cause is still under investigation. Responding Fire Departments included Warrenton, Hammond and Astoria.

Update:  Names released in Tuesday's shooting in Warrenton:

The deceased 39-year-old suspect in Tuesday's breaking and entering has been identified by authorities as Bruce Ross Rogers.  Rogers is said to have had a history of domestic violence with the female renter of the apartment who is said to have shot him at the residence.  A 911 call was made at 10:51am that a man had broken into the apartment and that the occupants of the apartment had locked themselves in a bedroom.  Rogers is said to have told the occupants of the apartment that he had a gun. Arrest records indicate he was previously arrested in April by Clatsop County Sheriff's deputies after attacking the same woman and refusing to leave.  He was arrested and booked into the Clatsop County Jail with charges of fourth degree assault, second degree criminal mischief, coercion, strangulation and interfering with making a police report.  No arrests have been made related to Tuesday's shooting.

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A home visit for a behavioral health patient in Pacific County turned violent Tuesday afternoon around 2:00pm in Klipsan Beach on the Long Beach Peninsula. The patient, Justin Krahn, age 40, was being visited by a mental health professional from Willapa Behavior Health and a Pacific County Sheriff's Deputy.  Krahn became violent toward both the officer and health professional. The Deputy attempted to subdue Krahn using both a taser and pepper spray. Neither were said to have been effective.  Krahn grabbed the taser from the ground and ran back into his house. Krahn is then said to have barricaded himself inside according to Pat Matlock the Pacific County Sheriff's Office Chief Criminal Investigator.

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