Vancouver Police Respond To Local Mall For Report Of A Stabbing - 07/24/26

Vancouver, Wash. – On July 23, 2026, at around 8:00 p.m., Vancouver Police responded to the Vancouver Mall after a male called 9-1-1 to report he was inside the mall and had been stabbed. Police located him in the bathroom of a store inside the mall. The man had multiple stab wounds and Officers provided medical aid prior to the arrival of EMS responders.

The business where the man was located, and an adjacent business inside the mall, were locked down temporarily while police investigated. The man told Officers that the stabbing occurred at his apartment, which is in the county, and that he had driven himself to the mall to hide. Mall surveillance video confirmed that no stabbing occurred inside the mall. The man was transported to an area hospital for medical treatment.

Based on information that the injuries to the man occurred in Clark County; the Clark County Sheriff's Office was notified to further investigate.  

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Vancouver Police Investigate Hit And Run Collision - 07/22/26

Vancouver, Wash. – On July 21, 2026, at around 10:00 p.m., Vancouver Police responded to the 5700 block of NE Hwy 99 for a serious injury hit-and-run collision. According to a witness, a pedestrian was attempting to cross Hwy 99 in an area where there is no crosswalk when he was hit by a vehicle traveling northbound. The driver made no attempt to stop. The pedestrian was transported to an area hospital with serious injuries but is expected to survive.  

The suspect vehicle is described as a small, four door, white sedan.  The vehicle will also likely have significant front-end damage and is missing the driver’s side mirror.

The Vancouver Police Department Traffic Unit is investigating. Anyone with information on the location of the suspect vehicle, or the identity of the driver, is asked to contact the Vancouver Police Department.

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Vancouver Police Substitute PIO - 07/05/26

Vancouver, Wash. – Vancouver Police Department Public Affairs Manager/PIO Kim Kapp will be unavailable July 6-10.   Deputy Chief Erica Nilsen will be handling PIO duties on these dates. She can be reached at erica.nilsen@cityofvancouver.us during regular business hours.

For after-hour/weekend inquiries, please contact dispatch on the media line and request a return call from an on-duty Sergeant. Members of the media should not include any other email addresses in communication to the substitute PIO, other than the one listed above, and only for media inquiries during these dates listed above. PIO Kapp will be back in the office July 13.  

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Vancouver Police Arrest Male For Sex Crimes Against Teens - 07/01/26

Vancouver, Wash. – On June 24, 2026, Vancouver Police received information that multiple juveniles were staying at a hotel with an adult male, later identified as Andrew Guerrero – 20 years old, who was reported to be having sex with teen girls at the hotel. Vancouver Police officers responded to the hotel room and located three juvenile males and two juvenile females inside the room. The females were identified as being 13 and 16 years old. The room the girls were staying in was registered to Guerrero, who was identified as being an active-duty US Military member temporarily working in Portland, Oregon.

Through the course of the investigation, VPD Officers and VPD Children’s Justice Center (CJC) Detectives learned that Guerrero met the victim teenagers about a month prior via social media. After messaging back and forth via social media, Guerrero met with the victims and began spending time with them in person. This eventually led to Guerrero allowing the teenagers to live with him in his hotel room. Guerrero developed a relationship with the girls and began exploiting them sexually.  Through the investigation, VPD Detectives learned that Guerrero had been filming sexual acts with the girls through social media apps. They also learned that Guerrero had supplied the teenage victims with alcohol.    

Guerrero was arrested and has been charged with six counts of Rape of a Child in the second degree and two counts of Trafficking in the first degree.

Both teen girls were placed into protective custody.

This investigation highlights the dangers of teens communicating with strangers online. The Vancouver Police Department urges parents to monitor their children’s social media accounts and speak candidly with them about the dangers of online sexploitation and solicitation.

The investigation is continuing and nothing additional is being released at this time.

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