The reporting party received a message in response to the ad from a subject who offered to trade a fully automatic submachine gun, a suppressor, and a motorcycle for the ATV
On Tuesday (June 3), detectives with the Cowlitz County Sheriff’s Office Crime Reduction Team (CRT) spoke with a citizen who reported a subject attempting to trade a machine gun. Detectives learned the reporting party had posted an all-terrain vehicle (ATV) for sale on Facebook Marketplace.
The reporting party received a message in response to the ad from a subject who offered to trade a fully automatic submachine gun, a suppressor, and a motorcycle for the ATV. The suspect acknowledged that the firearm would be illegal in Washington, but instructed the reporting party to just not tell anyone about it. The suspect sent a video of the firearm, confirming it was a functional, fully automatic firearm.
CRT detectives worked with Lower Columbia SWAT and arranged to meet with the suspect on Thursday, in Woodland. Detectives staged a decoy truck and trailer at a designated meeting location, as SWAT elements were concealed nearby. The suspect arrived at the meeting location at approximately 7 p.m. and was taken into custody without incident. A passenger in the suspect vehicle was interviewed and released.
CRT detectives served a search warrant on the suspect vehicle and recovered a PPSH-style submachine gun, which appeared to be fully automatic and lacked a serial number. A suppressor and magazine were also recovered. The suspect was identified as 40-year-old Jacob Shawn Dixon of Salem. Dixon is a convicted felon with prior convictions for weapon offenses and also has a suspended driver’s license.
Dixon was booked into Cowlitz County Jail on charges of Unlawful Firearms, Unlawful Possession of Firearm – 1st Degree, Dangerous Weapons, Assault Weapons (Distributing), and Driving with Suspended/Revoked License 3rd Degree.
Information provided by the Cowlitz County Sheriff’s Office.
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