Deadly Crash Under Investigation -04/26/25

Tigard Police officers responded to a deadly crash this evening between a vehicle and a pedestrian on SW Gaarde Street.

At 7:16 PM today (4/26/25), officers responded to the crash in the 10800 block of SW Gaarde Street. Officers learned a 48-year-old man who was driving a minivan was heading westbound on Gaarde when he hit a pedestrian. Officers and emergency services attempted CPR, but sadly, the pedestrian died at the scene.

The driver stayed on the scene and is cooperating with the investigation. It does not appear that the driver was speeding or impaired at the time of the crash.

The pedestrian, an adult man, is not being identified at this time pending family notifications.

The Washington County Crash Analysis Reconstruction Team (CART) also responded to the scene, and SW Gaarde was closed temporarily until around 10:30 PM for their investigation.

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Ten Arrested In Recent Retail Theft Mission -04/22/25

Results are now available from a recent retail theft mission conducted by the Tigard Police Department.

On March 28^th, detectives with the TPD Commercial Crimes Unit conducted the mission at the Target store on SW Hall Boulevard, with support from patrol officers and in partnership with loss prevention employees.

During the one-day proactive enforcement, 10 people were arrested on theft charges and a total of 37 stolen items were recovered, worth more than $600 dollars:

1. Zia Iqbal Ahmad, theft 2, lodged
2. Patricia Trumper, trespass and theft, lodged
3. Juvenile, theft 3, referred to the juvenile department
4. Juvenile, theft 3, referred to the juvenile department
5. Dashawnaa Hudson, theft 3, cited
6. Keondra Spina Denson, failure to return drivers license, cited
7. Alexandra Lee, theft 2, lodged
8. Juvenile, theft 3, referred to the juvenile department
9. Justin Altman, theft 3, cited
10. Holli Ann Pinkston, theft 3, cited

Members of the Commercial Crimes Unit (CCU) participate in retail theft missions throughout the year, to proactively address shoplifting, theft, robbery and other business crime. To learn more about their work, visit www.tigard-or.gov/CCU.

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