The Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office has released new information about the shooting that killed two men in Beavercreek on Tuesday.
Here is what they believe happened:
At approximately 10 a.m. on Tuesday, March 14, a vehicle dropped off Dustin Louis Childress and Thomas Lee Hegar Jr. near a property on the 19200 block of S. Upper Highland Rd. in Beavercreek.
This property -- the crime scene -- is a privately owned forested property with multiple outbuildings.
Childress and Hegar then reportedly trespassed onto the property without authorization.
Approximately 15 minutes later, Childress called one of the two women in the vehicle to report they were being shot at -- and that Hegar had been shot and wounded -- while fleeing the scene.
Detectives would later determine they were allegedly shot at by Robert John Hilands, the owner of the property.
Approximately seven-and-a-half hours later, at 5:46 p.m., one of the two women called 911 to report suspicious circumstances.
Patrol deputies arrived and searched multiple properties in the area -- including Hilands' property with Hilands' consent.
During the search of Hilands' property, deputies found the bodies of Childress and Hegar concealed near the property's front gate, which is approximately 40 feet off S. Upper Highland Road.
Both Childress and Hegar had suffered gunshot wounds, as later confirmed by the Clackamas County Medical Examiner.
Robert John Hilands made contact with investigators. Hilands voluntarily agreed to an interview with detectives while investigators continued to process the crime scene.
Following an interview at Sheriff's Office headquarters, Hilands confessed to killing the two men. Hilands was taken into custody and transported to the Clackamas County Jail. He was booked on two counts of Aggravated Murder and two counts of Unlawful Use of a Weapon.