Fugitive shot after eluding police

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Police have shot and wounded an armed Idaho man who had eluded authorities since last week following a robbery, kidnapping and car theft near a central Oregon campground.

James Patrick Powers, of Boise, was shot Saturday by an Oregon State Police trooper as he walked toward the city limits of Oakridge. The state police said Powers pulled a handgun when contacted by authorities.

He was being treated in a Springfield area hospital Sunday for a non-life-threatening injury.

Powers, 47, was being sought for allegedly kidnapping, robbing and stealing the car of a Hillsboro man at Cultus Lake Campground in Deschutes County on Thursday.

The victim told police that he was ordered off a hiking trail at gunpoint and had his hands duct-taped to a tree. The robber demanded his keys, wallet and backpack, then drove away in his car, the man said.

Authorities said Powers ditched the stolen vehicle while eluding Oregon troopers on Highway 58, then escaped into thick woods seven miles east of Oakridge.

Police shut down an 8-mile stretch of the highway as they hunted for him. They called off the search Friday, but warned residents to be on the alert.