July 3, 2021- 7:53 p.m.
Yamhill County deputies found a 46-year-old man accused of threatening to kill his family and shooting his 3-year-old son in the head with a pellet gun was found dead in his jail cell Thursday after apparently killing himself, the sheriff’s office said on Facebook.
Deputies found Shane Earl Rader unresponsive in his cell at about 7:45 p.m. They and medics tried to revive him, but he was pronounced dead.
Rader had been in jail since June 15 after he was arrested when police said he got into a domestic violence situation at the home of the mother of his children just outside of Newberg. Police said he shot his son with a high-power pellet gun and then fled with him and his 6-year-old brother.
Police later tracked Rader down and arrested him after he had dropped the boys off at a hospital.
He was facing a list of charges including attempted aggravated murder, assault, burglary, and domestic violence.
The Newberg-Dundee Police Department is assisting the sheriff’s office in the investigation into Rader’s death.
The 3-year-old boy was seriously hurt and underwent surgery. At the time of the incident, the sheriff’s office said he was in serious condition.
