Portland police shoot and kill driver following a 'shots fired' call
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PORTLAND, Ore. - A driver was shot by police Saturday afternoon in a deadly officer-involved shooting following a shots fired call.
The incident began in Southeast Portland and ended in North Portland, where a car crashed into an apartment building.
Here's an account of what happened, according to the Portland Police Bureau:
On Saturday, July 28, 2012 at 12:28 p.m. Portland Police officers assigned to East Precinct responded to a call of a shooting at Southeast Division and 122nd Avenue. Initial information was that the driver of a dark colored car shot a handgun at another car that contained three people as they traveled south on 122nd Avenue. The suspect car was believed to be occupied with three white males in their twenties.
Officers learned through their investigation that the suspect car was in the area of Columbia and North Fessenden. Officers arrived in the area and saw the suspect car in the 7-Eleven parking lot. Because this car and its occupants had just shot at another car officers conducted a high risk traffic stop.
One passenger got out and cooperated with officers but the driver of the car pulled out of the lot and drove onto Fessenden. In the course of the stop one Portland Police Officer fired his weapon. Following the shot the car drove across Fessenden and through an exterior wall and into an apartment. The apartment was unoccupied and no one was injured.
After the car came to a stop in the apartment Officers called the SERT Team (Special Emergency Reaction Team) to the scene to assist in taking the suspect into custody. Once SERT made contact with the driver they had Portland Fire paramedics check the drivers condition and they learned he was deceased. The driver is a white adult male.
Supervisors on scene called the Police Bureau Homicide Detectives to the scene to conduct the officer-involved shooting investigation.
The Multnomah County District Attorneys Office and the Director on the Independent Police Review Division were on scene as well along with Police Chief Mike Reese and Mayor Sam Adams.
The incident was the second officer-involved shooting in the last week and a half. On July 17, police shot a 17-year-old boy in Southeast Portland. The teenager survived.
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It was also the second shooting in the neighborhood in recent weeks. Back on July 4, a woman was hurt when gunfire erupted near North Fessenden Street and Fiske Avenue.
So they got themselves a back shooter in Portland, same officer with multiple kills shot in the back, check his gun, it will have three notches, Medford has one of these clowns, he specializes in killing veterans with mental issues, he has killed three also, three families called for help, and he showed up, leaned acoss his car, and shot the helpless veterans while they were in the middle of a crisis, they love this cop in Medford, they gave him a raise and a promotion and all he does is kill veterans, looks like this Portland Cop likes killing kids, he is a back shooter, so that suggests a level of caution, I call cowardice.
It sounds like the guy was executed for disobeying orders. Unless someone is in immediate danger, the police are not allowed to shoot somebody for just driving away.
Another citizen murdered by the fascist police state.What a group of terrorists.
@Ol'Ironhead It was ok, the guy was white.
"Following the shot the car drove across Fessenden and through an exterior wall and into an apartment. The apartment was unoccupied and no one was injured. " This sounds as if the shot was made while in pursuit. That would not have been a wise move, unless there were exceptional circumstances. As it turned out no one else was injured. I would like to know more before totally agreeing with the cop on this one. Deadly force is not something to take lightly.
Well at least the officer could shool and hit his target ...good for him well done!!
Sounds like a justified shooting to me. Shouldn't it say the driver "was" an adult white male? Not is a white adult male. At least with the deceased being white no one will cry the race card. No riots over this police shooting.
@givupongod There never are when they're white.