'Officer down' timeline: Lincoln City traffic stop sets dramatic events in motion | OregonLive.com

'Officer down' timeline: Lincoln City traffic stop sets dramatic events in motion | OregonLive.com: "The evening of Sunday, Jan. 23, Officer Steven Dodds of the Lincoln City Police Department was working 6 p.m. to 6 a.m.

Patrolling in his black, blue and white Ford Crown Victoria, Dodds was keeping an eye on the streets of the coastal city of about 7,400 residents when he spotted a 1984 Dodge Ram sport utility vehicle zipping south on the main drag, U.S. 101.

Dodds flipped on the light bar atop his patrol car and took after the Dodge.

As authorities would report later, the SUV was registered to David Durham of Portland.

What follows is a timeline of events that rolled out over the next hours and days. "

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