PORT ANGELES — A fugitive wanted in a reported drive-by shooting and home invasion was taken into custody Tuesday after a foot chase, a multi-agency search and the lockdown of three schools and the North Olympic Peninsula Skills Center.
Ordez Eugene Kompkoff, 20, of Port Angeles was captured at a residence at 1009 W. Ninth St. just before 2 p.m. Tuesday, said Brian Smith, deputy chief of the Port Angeles Police Department.
“We were getting ready to execute a no-knock warrant when he walked out and surrendered himself,” Smith said.
Police dog Jag and his handler, Cpl. Kevin Miller, had tracked Kompkoff to the house, Smith said.
Police surrounded the residence, and Kompkoff went out a back door.
“Kompkoff was not welcome in that residence,” Smith said, noting that Kompkoff’s entry to that house represents an additional crime.
Kompkoff was taken into custody on a warrant for his arrest for aggravated residential burglary, first-degree unlawful possession of a firearm, unlawful imprisonment and third-degree escape, he said.
During the search, three schools — Lincoln High School, Stevens Middle School and Hamilton Elementary School — and the skills center were placed on modified lockdown for about two hours.
Kompkoff has been linked to shots fired on Orcas Avenue near a Chase Street apartment building March 18 and a predawn home invasion on East Ninth Street on March 21.
He also had warrants out for his arrest for residential burglary and being a felon in possession of a firearm.
Officers saw Kompkoff on March 21, but he got away.
At about 11:31 a.m. Tuesday, officers were checking on a lead when they discovered Kompkoff and another person in the area of the historic Lincoln School building on West Eighth and C streets, Smith said.
“Unfortunately, [Kompkoff] fled,” running southbound on C Street near West Eighth Street, Smith said.
The other person, Justin J. Radisich, 20, of Port Angeles, was taken into custody and booked into the Clallam County jail on investigation of obstructing a law enforcement officer, Smith said.
The schools were locked down as a precaution to ensure the safety of the students during the chase, said Tina Smith-O’Hara, spokeswoman for the Port Angeles School District.
During a modified lockdown, the usual school activities continue within the buildings, but all entrances are locked and students kept inside.
Smith said that technically, Hamilton Elementary was outside of the search area, but the school district chose to keep the students secure out of an abundance of caution.
Police used an unoccupied conference room in the skills center as headquarters during the search efforts and closed B Street between West Eighth and West Ninth streets.
The State Patrol, Clallam County Sheriff’s Office, U.S. Border Patrol, the Office of Air and Marine and Elwha police assisted in the search, Smith said.
An Office of Air and Marine helicopter that operates out of Bellingham was on standby to assist if necessary, he said.
At about 7:20 a.m. March 18, residents in the Orcas Avenue area reported hearing gunshots near Sea View Apartments, 2215 S. Chase St.
There were no injuries or damage reported.
An officer found .40-caliber shell casings near where a witness had reported seeing a person pointing a handgun toward the apartment building from the window of a white four-door passenger car.
Police identified Kompkoff as a person of interest in the reported drive-by shooting.
On March 21, a police officer pulled over a Ford F-150 pickup truck and recognized a passenger in the truck as Kompkoff.
After the truck driver got out of the truck, another passenger, Jonathan Lewis Reid, 19, slid into the driver’s seat and attempted to drive the vehicle away, police reported.
After a two-block chase, the pursuing officer performed a sideswipe maneuver — hitting the back bumper — to stop the truck.
The F-150 ran into a garage on Lauridsen Boulevard east of Race Street, destroying the truck and damaging the garage and a vehicle parked inside.
Reid was tracked to another garage and taken into custody for investigation of eluding police and motor vehicle theft.
On Friday, he was released from the jail on his own recognizance and ordered to appear for trial June 17, according to court documents.
After the pursuit, a resident on East Ninth Street told police a man matching Kompkoff’s description knocked on his door, pushed into his house and commandeered his telephone.
Police said the man then left the house and got into a silver truck driven by an unknown person, and the Ninth Street resident called police.
Officers could not locate the silver truck, its driver or Kompkoff.
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Reporter Arwyn Rice can be reached at 360-452-2345, ext. 5070, or at arice@peninsuladailynews.com.
