Police Shooting

The two officers who killed a man in southwest Portland in February were not indicted by the grand jury that was assigned to hear the evidence, the Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office announced

A person armed with a gun who reportedly fired several shots Wednesday night in Southeast Portland was shot and killed by an officer, according to the Portland Police Bureau.

Officer Gabriel Maldonado killed Jacob Macduff on Jan. 6, 2021, as Macduff sat in his pickup truck parked outside the apartment complex where he lived, according to one of the attorneys representing Macduff’s mother. City leaders have pledged to make changes within the police department.

According to the Salem Police Department, officers attempted to arrest a juvenile who was wanted for his alleged involvement in two shootings earlier this year. A shootout ensued and the young suspect was killed by police.

A person who was shot and severely injured by Portland police earlier this month has been released from the hospital.

Peterson died during an attempted drug sting in October 2020 at a hotel outside Vancouver. Clark County deputies shot the 21-year-old three times as he ran away.

The deputy was helping chase another man sought in an armed robbery. The footage, as well as audio of the involved deputy’s interview with investigators, became public on Friday.

A Multnomah County grand jury has declined to bring charges against the Portland police officer who shot and killed Brandon Keck, 30, during what police say was a carjacking on Interstate 5 in North Portland.

Deputy Jon Feller, who fired "several rounds" from a rifle that night, was one of three deputies who shot and killed 21-year-old Kevin Peterson Jr. in October 2020, investigators noted.

Seventeen hours after Portland police were dispatched to a Lloyd District Motel 6 where an officer shot and killed a man, almost nothing is known about the circumstances leading up to the killing — even for people who sit on the Portland City Council.