News There's now more detail in last night's police shooting in southwest Portland. The man shot by police has been identified as 34-year-old Marcus Lagozzino, who is listed in critical condition at an area hospital. Detectives say Lagozzino assaulted his 61-year-old mother and his 60-year-old father after arguing with them and then went outside the home and began breaking windows. They say he armed ...   More

News Police Chief Mike Reese told reporters this afternoon that Portland had experienced "too many" officer-involved shootings in recent weeks but that even one would be "unacceptable" in his view. And though Portland historically has had far fewer officer-involved shootings than other similar-sized cities, Reese and Mayor Sam Adams said at today's press conference they would commit to an outside ...   More

News When Mayor Sam Adams took over management of the Police Bureau last May, we wrote the task has potential political risks but also potential political rewards if the "mayor demonstrates to Portlanders that he can manage the bureau most fraught with potential peril." The mayor said then that "This is not like any other assignment. There'll be bumps along the way, I'm sure.” At the midway ...   More

News A Multnomah County grand jury has concluded that the fatal Portland police shooting of a homeless man on Jan. 2 in an abandoned car wash in southeast Portland was justified. Police said at the time that Thomas Manford Higginbotham had threatened to kill a security officer in a nearby business and gone to the closed-down car wash. Police said he emerged from a room displaying a large knife, and ...   More

News  Portland Police this afternoon released the names of the four officers involved in the shooting of 34-year-old Marcus Lagozzino in Southwest Portland on Dec. 27.According to police:Officer Jamin Becker, a 2-year-veteran of the Police Bureau, fired a Taser one time.Officer Ralph Elwood, a 14-year-veteran of the Police Bureau, fired four rounds from a less lethal ...   More

News  There’s now more detail in last night’s police shooting in southwest Portland.The man shot by police has been identified as 34-year-old Marcus Lagozzino, who is listed in critical condition at an area hospital. Detectives say Lagozzino assaulted his 61-year-old mother and his 60-year-old father after arguing with them and then went outside the home and began breaking windows. They say he ...   More

News  There’s now more detail in last night’s police shooting in southwest Portland.The man shot by police has been identified as 34-year-old Marcus Lagozzino, who is listed in critical condition at an area hospital. Detectives say Lagozzino assaulted his 61-year-old mother and his 60-year-old father after arguing with them and then went outside the home and began breaking windows. They say he ...   More

News  UPDATE: The man shot by Portland police in the early morning hours today was wielding a replica gun similar to the one in the photo below, according to a news release this afternoon from the Police Bureau.The deceased man was identified as 45-year-old Darryel Dwayne Ferguson, a resident of the apartment complex.Here’s the latest from the news release:Officers arrived and went to the apartment ...   More

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