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Oregon Police Shootings Continue at High Rate In the first 15 weeks of 2019, there were 12 deadly force incidents involving law enforcement in Oregon (PPR #77). In the following 18 weeks, there were at least eight more. Portland's numbers remain high, and statewide totals could match the record number in 2018. Other than the three PPB incidents on April 29, June 8 and July 30 (see article), here are the other five-- two of which ended in fatalities:
--On August 6, Oregon State Troopers* shot and killed Brandon Christopher Jones, 39, when they say he reached for a Trooper's gun in their Grants Pass office (KDRV-12TV, August 6). --On July 18, Oregon State Senior Trooper Michael Lacer shot reportedly suicidal Tony Orland Mills, 73, in Gold Hill under a freeway overpass after Mills had fired his handgun. The Jackson County DA says Lacer's bullet hit Mills in the arm, but Mills then killed himself with a gunshot (Oregonlive, July 19 and KDRV-12TV, August 21). --On July 11, Beaverton Detective Tom Stewart fired his gun toward--but missed-- Calvin Ramone Davenport, 20, who drove toward officers, then away from the site, all described as happening during an undercover sex trafficking mission (KPTV, July 16). --On May 24, a Clackamas County Sheriff's SWAT officer* fired a shot into an apartment in which Daniel Craig Wiese, 31, had barricaded himself; Wiese was a suspect in shooting another civilian, but was not injured by the police (Oregonlive, May 25). Meanwhile, armed security guard Francisco Swafford shot and killed Eugene Pharr, 42, outside a Portland strip club on January 15, and Pharr's widow is suing the guard and the club (WillametteWeek, May 29). Swafford is certified to carry a gun by Oregon's Department of Public Safety Standards and Training. So, 20 shootings in the first seven and a half months of the year means Oregon could lead to about 32 incidents this year-- hardly lower than the 35 in 2018.
* -Names not known by PPR print deadline. |
September, 2019
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--On August 8,
Washington County Deputies shot and wounded Dante James Halling, 56, a theft
suspect, at Hagg Lake near Gaston. Halling allegedly shot and wounded two Deputies during the
incident (KGW-8TV, August 8). Eight officers were identified: Tualatin Detective Kevin Winfield
and Hillsboro Officer Jose Cabrera, and Washington County Sgt. John Crecelius, Cpl. Cade
Edwards, Deputies Justin Pelleteri and Steve Nichols, as well as Cpl. Jeremy Braun and Chris
Iverson, who were wounded (KOIN-6 TV, August 14).