PORTLAND, Oregon — Homicide detectives are in the early stages of the investigation into Sunday night’s shooting.
At 11:35 p.m., two officers assigned to East Precinct night shift, working a partner car, contacted an adult male suspect at a parked car on the West side of the Winco Foods building on Northeast 122nd Avenue.
During this contact, gunshots were fired and the suspect was injured. Additional officers from East and North Precincts responded to the scene to provide assistance.
Officers called for immediate medical response and began providing medical aid to the suspect, prior to medical personnel arriving at the scene. Medical personnel arrived and determined that the suspect was deceased.
A gun was recovered as part of the crime scene.
Two other adults, a male and a female, were detained at the scene and were not injured in the incident.
Representatives from the Chief’s Office, Mayor’s Office, Training Division, Internal Affairs Division, East County Major Crimes Team, Office of Independent Police Review (IPR), Traumatic Incident Committee (TIC), and the Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office all responded to the scene, as is standard protocol in any officer-involved shooting investigation.
The decision to use deadly physical force is the most important decision that a police officer will make in the course of their career. The Portland Police Bureau recognizes that officers may be required to use deadly force when their lives or the life of another is jeopardized by the actions of others.
At the completion of the investigation, the case file will be given to the Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office for presentation to a Grand Jury. The involved Bureau member(s) will remain on paid Administrative Leave, which is standard, until the completion of the Grand Jury.
Following the Grand Jury, the Bureau will release additional information as is standard practice. Additionally, as part of the use of force review process, the Bureau will conduct an internal review of the entire incident and the case will go before the Bureau’s Review Board.
No additional information will be released until Monday afternoon.
