Washougal man shot while riding motorcycle

A Washougal man was shot in the hand while riding his motorcycle in Camas on Friday, July 16, according to the Camas Police Department (CPD).

The 69-year-old man told Camas police that he was riding his motorcycle with his wife around 2:35 a.m. on Northeast Third Avenue when a possibly dark-colored Jeep Grand Cherokee from the 1990s covered in mud slowly passed him. The man heard a gunshot, then realized that he had been shot in the hand, according to the CPD.

The Jeep was last seen traveling south on Lechner Street toward Highway 14.

The motorcyclist was taken to a hospital by the Camas-Washougal Fire Department, received treatment for the wound and was released a few hours later, according to the CPD.