The Oregonian reports. Police say that Kenneth William Peden III, 20, drove away in a pickup truck with Taylor, leading to a chase by law enforcement.
Police pursued Peden through another town, Silverton, and into the country, and exchanged gunshots with him.When Peden finally gave himself up, police found Taylor in the truck’s front passenger seat, and the youth had suffered “a life-threatening gunshot wound,” according to The Oregonian.