OT Portland Police kill man in homeless shelter

Police officers shot and killed a man during an encounter at a Southeast Portland homeless shelter Saturday evening. Police said the man had crashed a stolen car nearby minutes earlier.

Police officers responded to a report of a crash at Southeast Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard around 7:30 p.m. While responding, they learned that a car involved, a silver Honda CRV, had been stolen in a carjacking earlier in the day, said Portland Police spokesman Sgt. Chris Burley.

Police found the man they believed to be the driver nearby around 8 p.m. During their encounter, Burley said, multiple officers fired at the man, who died.

http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2018/04/1_dead_in_officer-involved_sho.html

 

You can watch the shooting here.

 

Witnesses said the shooting occurred at a long-term and emergency homeless shelter operated by Cityteam Ministries. There was no evidence the man was associated with the shelter.

John Terrio, who was in the area at the time of the shooting, said police arrived in force, some carrying rifles. They asked if anyone had seen a man in a red jacket, he said, then went inside the shelter. Then, Terrio said, he heard about eight shots.

http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2018/04/1_dead_in_officer-involved_sho.html

 

Was that even the right dude?

 

It was also unclear if the man killed was involved in the earlier carjacking. Burley said the man had not been identified.

http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2018/04/1_dead_in_officer-involved_sho.html

 

Beanbag shotgun would have been a better choice.

 

A bigger tragedy also happened yesterday right down the road from there.

 

It's a Portland stripclub on SE Powell by the Ross Island bridge.