Portland police say they are looking for this suspect in the shooting of two officers near Lloyd Center on Jan. 19, 2026.
Courtesy of Portland Police Bureau
A person suspected of shooting and injuring two police officers near Lloyd Center last week has been arrested, the Portland Police Bureau reported Monday morning.
At around 7 a.m., 41-year-old Eric Oelkers was arrested without incident in the 6400 block of Northeast 82nd Avenue, the bureau said.
Oelkers, who was booked into the Multnomah County Jail, is facing several charges, including two counts of attempted murder.
At a press conference livestreamed by KATU, Portland police said the bureau received more than 230 tips from community members related to the case.
Portland Police Chief Bob Day credited those tips as well as the bureau’s partnership with several federal agencies, including the U.S. Marshals Service and the FBI, with locating and arresting Oelkers.
Police also recovered the firearm they say Oelkers used in the shooting.
The Portland Police Homicide Unit is leading the investigation because deadly force was used against officers.
Police previously described the suspect as a white man in his mid-30s with facial hair, wearing a black baseball cap, a black jacket over a gray hooded sweatshirt, black pants and black shoes. At the time of the shooting last week, police said Oelkers was armed with a knife and a handgun and was seen carrying a black backpack and a green shopping bag.
Around 8:21 p.m. last Monday, Jan. 19, a 911 caller reported they were threatened with a knife by an unknown man near Northeast 21st Avenue and Clackamas Street. Police from the North Precinct found Oelkers on Clackamas Street between 16th and 17th avenues.
Bureau officials initially couldn’t provide details of the interaction, but said the man opened fire. No officers returned fire, according to Portland Police Deputy Chief Chris Gjovik.
The encounter was recorded on the officers’ body-worn cameras, but that footage has not yet been released.
According to police, one of the officers injured was released from the hospital a day after the shooting and the second officer was released Monday.
The bureau did not specify which hospital the officers were treated at, nor did they release the injured officers’ identities.
