The Oregonian/OregonLive analyzed fatal shootings by Portland police since Kendra James was killed in 2003, a pivotal moment in the local movement to reform policing in the city.
The analysis showed those fatally shot were disproportionately Black. At least half of the cases involved people with mental illness. Most of the people had guns or knives. None of the more than five dozen officers who pulled a trigger in the shootings were ultimately disciplined or indicted by a grand jury, despite attempts to fire or suspend some of them.
These are the 40 people shot and killed by Portland police, starting with the most recent and ending with James.
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Koben Henriksen. Family photo.
40. Koben S. Henriksen, 51
Shot Dec. 8, 2019
Southeast 103rd Drive and Stark Street
Race: White
Account: Witnesses said Henriksen was holding two knives in traffic near Mall 205 and waving them at passing cars. The officer who shot Henriksen said he recognized the 51-year-old from a similar encounter three weeks earlier but this time Henriksen was more agitated and aggressive.
Mental health issue: Suffered from an illness on a scale between extreme bipolar disorder and schizophrenia, had been living on the street and was off medication, family members said.
Police involved: Officer Justin Raphael fired three rounds from an AR-15 rifle. Henriksen was hit in the head, chest and abdomen.
Grand jury: Found the shooting was in self-defense or in the defense of others.
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39. Lane Christopher Martin, 31
Shot July 30, 2019
Ash Street Courtyard Apartments, 12026 S.E. Ash St.
Race: White
Account: Witnesses said Martin appeared to be breaking into a Jeep and had a hatchet and a knife in the parking lot of a closed Safeway off Southeast 122nd Avenue. He eventually dropped the hatchet and ran to a nearby apartment complex, where police shot him. A black folding knife attached to keys was found under his body, police said.
Mental health issue: He had struggled with drug addiction in the past and recently had been prescribed antipsychotic medication, his mother said. Toxicology tests showed methamphetamine and amphetamine in Martin’s blood.
Police involved: Officer Gary Doran fired 11 times from a 9mm handgun. Martin was shot nine times and died after bullets perforated his lungs and heart.
Grand jury: Found the shooting was in self-defense or in the defense of others.
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Police say David Wayne Downs used this knife to hold a woman hostage shortly before he was shot and killed by police. Portland police
38. David Wayne Downs, 38
Shot June 9, 2019
The Lovejoy building, 1331 N.W. Lovejoy St.
Race: White
Account: Downs was holding a homeless woman hostage with a knife at her throat in the stairwell of The Lovejoy and yelled that he had a bomb, police said. Downs had just met the woman that day. The woman told police that Downs was smoking methamphetamine in the stairwell.
Police involved: Officer Nathan Kirby-Glatkowski lay on the landing in the stairwell, pointed his 9mm handgun down toward Downs, firing once and hitting Downs in the head.
Grand jury: Found the shooting was in self-defense or in the defense of others.
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37. Jeb Colin Brock, 42
Shot April 29, 2019
13100 block of Southeast Center Street
Race: White
Account: Brock stabbed four people in a home and was shot when police found him holding a woman at knifepoint with a baby crying nearby, witnesses and police said. Brock had methamphetamine and a trace amount of alcohol in his system, a medical examiner said.
Police involved: Sgt. James Mooney and Officer Michael Gonzalez each fired once from their 9mm handguns. Brock was shot in the head and chest.
Grand jury: Found the shooting was in self-defense or in the defense of others.
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Andre Gladen. Family photo.
36. Andre Gladen, 36
Shot Jan. 6, 2019
Southeast 96th Avenue and Madison Street
Race: Black
Account: A resident called police to report a stranger on his front stoop who wouldn’t leave. When a police officer arrived, Gladen ran inside after the resident opened his door. Officer Consider Vosu said he shot Gladen after he saw Gladen with a knife in his hand as the two struggled inside the apartment. It turned out the knife belonged to the officer, who carried it on his vest. The officer said Gladen must have pulled it off his vest. Police now bar officers from carrying knives on their outer vests.
Mental health issue: On the morning of the shooting, Gladen’s cousin called 911 and reported that Gladen was acting erratically. Later that day, police encountered Gladen sleeping in some bushes in Southeast Portland and had him taken to a hospital for evaluation. Hours later, Gladen ended up on the stoop. Toxicology reports indicated Gladen had recently taken methamphetamine. Relatives said Gladen was legally blind and suffered from paranoid schizophrenia.
Police involved: Vosu fired three times from his 9mm handgun. Gladen had two gunshot wounds on the left side of his chest.
Grand jury: Found the shooting was in self-defense or in the defense of others.
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35. Samuel Rice, 30
Shot Oct. 10, 2018
Del Rancho Motel, 7622 S.E. 82nd Ave.
Race: White
Account: Rice barricaded himself inside Room 16 of the Del Rancho Motel, holding his girlfriend hostage at knifepoint after pulling a knife on a customer at the 7-Eleven across the street, police said. Officers surrounded the motel and evacuated guests in nearby rooms. Police called for the crisis negotiation team and the tactical team. A police sniper eventually fired into the hotel room. Toxicology tests showed Rice had cannabinoids in his bloodstream but no other drugs.
Mental health issue: Officers from the Police Bureau’s Behavioral Health Unit recently had tried to link Rice to community services but he declined help, they said. Officers also had taken Rice to area hospitals in the past for mental health treatment, they said.
Police involved: Officer Kelly VanBlokland fired a single shot from his AR-15 rifle, hitting Rice near his right eyelid.
Grand jury: Found the shooting was in the defense of others.
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34. Patrick Kimmons, 27
Sept. 30, 2018
Parking lot, Southwest Fourth Avenue and Harvey Milk Street
Race: Black
Account: Two police officers heard gunshots after seeing Kimmons step away from a group of men fighting in a parking lot. Kimmons started running, then veered toward the officers. One of the officers said he saw Kimmons shove a gun into the front of his waistband and then reach to pull it back out. The other officer said he saw Kimmons point the gun toward them. They fired 12 times as Kimmons ran in their direction and then turned toward parked cars. Moments earlier, police said Kimmons had fired five times and wounded two men who were fighting, including a friend of his. Police recovered a Taurus .38-caliber revolver near Kimmons, they said. He had alcohol and two antidepressant drugs, ketamine and trazadone, in his system, toxicology tests found.
Police involved: Officer Jeffrey Livingston fired five times and Officer Gary Britt fired seven times from their 9mm handguns. They hit Kimmons nine times, including twice in the chest.
Grand jury: Found the shooting was in self-defense or in the defense of others.
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A memorial for John Andrew Elifritz, 48, outside City Team Ministries in Southeast Portland. Maxine Bernstein | Staff
33. John Andrew Elifritz, 48
Shot April 7, 2018
CityTeam Ministries shelter, 526 S.E. Grand Ave.
Race: White
Account: Elifritz burst into the shelter with a knife as people inside scrambled to get away from him and stay out of the way of police officers who had converged on the shelter. Videos from inside show Elifritz, a knife in his right hand, charging officers before they shot him.
Mental health issue: His family said he was suffering a mental health crisis at the time. Earlier in the day, he had called 911 to falsely report that his wife and children had been murdered. He also held a knife to his neck in public, carjacked an SUV and cut his neck inside the shelter. He had methamphetamine in his system, toxicology tests showed.
Police involved: Five Portland officers -- Brad Nutting, Kameron Fender, Chad Phifer, Alexander Martiniuc and Andy Polas -- and Multnomah County sheriff's Deputy Aaron Sieczkowski fired 17 times. They used AR-15 rifles, a shotgun, a 9mm handgun and a .40-caliber handgun. Elifritz suffered nine gunshot wounds including two to the chest that killed him.
Grand jury: Found no criminal wrongdoing by the officers.
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32. Terrell Kyreem Johnson, 24
Shot May 10, 2017
Near MAX Flavel station, 9648 S.E. Flavel St.
Race: Black
Account: Witnesses reported Johnson threatening people at the MAX station. He ran when police arrived, but suddenly turned around during the chase and had a knife in his hand, police said. Officer Samson Ajir said he fired when Johnson advanced on him as Ajir tripped on a curb and fell.
Mental health issue: Johnson's family told police he struggled with drug addiction and that they believe the addiction may have influenced his mental health. Johnson told authorities in an earlier theft case that he had no mental health problems. He had marijuana and a slight amount of alcohol in his bloodstream when he died, toxicology results showed.
Police involved: Ajir fired his 9mm handgun four times. Johnson died of gunshot wounds to the chest.
Grand jury: Found the shooting was in self-defense.
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Quanice Hayes. Family photo
31. Quanice Derrick Hayes, 17
Shot Feb. 9, 2017
8301 N.E. Hancock St.
Race: Black
Account: Hayes was a suspect in an armed robbery and attempted carjacking that morning and police tracked him to an alcove at a stranger’s home. Officers ordered him to keep his hands up but crawl toward them on the driveway, then lie down with his hands to his side. When Hayes appeared to reach toward his waistband, Officer Andrew Hearst fired. Hearst said he didn’t see a gun but believed Hayes was the suspect in the earlier holdup and had a gun. Officers found a black and tan replica pistol in a flower bed about 2 feet from the teen’s body, they said. Toxicology tests showed cocaine, the tranquilizer benzodiazepine and the painkiller hydrocodone in Hayes’ blood.
Police involved: Hearst shot Hayes three times with an AR-15 rifle. Hayes was hit in the head, his left rib cage and torso.
Grand jury: Found no criminal wrongdoing by Hearst.
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30. Steven Liffel, 52
Shot Dec. 5, 2016
98 S.E. 148th Ave.
Race: White
Account: Police were checking out a report of gunshots fired and tried to convince Liffel to come out of his apartment and cooperate. Police said Liffel started to shoot at them and then emerged with a rifle. An officer said Liffel appeared to be “hunting” for police.
Mental health issue: An acquaintance said Liffel had been acting erratically that day. He was agitated, yelling and paranoid that someone was breaking into his pickup, then began to shoot at the truck, she said. Liffel had methamphetamine, marijuana and oxycodone in his system, a medical examiner said.
Police involved: Officer Lawrence Keller fired his AR-15 rifle once, hitting Liffel in the pelvis.
Grand jury: Found no criminal wrongdoing by Keller.
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Michael Johnson Family photo
29. Michael Johnson, 51
Shot Nov. 6, 2015
Good Samaritan Medical Center, 1015 N.W. 22nd Ave.
Race: White
Account: Johnson ran into the hospital to tell security to call 911 because an armed man was outside. He then went out and started pacing in a parking lot holding a .38-caliber revolver. As police tried to talk to him, Johnson fired two rounds into the ground and suddenly one at officers, police said.
Mental health issue: Diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Johnson had written on his hands in ink and also had a plastic bag in a back pocket with suicide notes to his family, police said. A medical examiner ruled Johnson died by suicide, essentially that he forced officers by his actions to kill him.
Police involved: Officer Chad Daul fired four shots and Officer Russell Corno fired three times from their AR-15 rifles. Johnson was hit four times in the chest and abdomen and once in the leg.
Grand jury: Found no criminal wrongdoing by the officers.
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28. Alan Bellew, 29
Shot June 28, 2015
WinCo, 1950 N.E. 122nd Ave.
Race: White
Account: Patrol officers approached Bellew as he and two others stood over the trunk of a parked car in the store’s parking lot. Officers were talking to the group when witnesses and police said Bellew opened the passenger door, reached into the car and turned around holding a gun, later identified as a starter pistol.
Police involved: Officers Dominic Lovato and Michael Currier fired their 9mm handguns 14 times. Bellew was shot eight times, including six times in his torso.
Grand jury: Found no criminal wrongdoing by the officers.
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Christopher Healy File photo
27. Christopher Healy, 36
Shot March 22, 2015
Southeast 130th Avenue and Sherman Street
Race: White
Account: Police responded to a burglary report and saw two men fighting. An officer tried to knock a double-bladed knife out of Healy’s hands and then shot him when Healy charged at him, police and witnesses said.
Police involved: Officer Thomas Clark fired twice from his 9mm handgun. Healy died of a gunshot wound to the chest.
Grand jury: Found no criminal wrongdoing by Clark.
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26. Nicholas Davis, 23
Shot June 12, 2014
Springwater Corridor near Southeast Foster Road and 104th Avenue
Race: White
Account: Two officers were talking to Davis, a suspect in a strong-arm robbery call, when he suddenly became agitated and pulled a crowbar from beneath his clothes, they said. One of the officers backed up and tripped. He shot Davis when Davis came at him, he said.
Mental health issue: The officers said Davis wasn't making sense as they talked to him. Both said they thought he was either suffering from a mental illness or was under the influence of drugs.
Police involved: Officer Robert Brown fired twice from his 9mm handgun. Davis died from a gunshot wound to the chest.
Grand jury: Found no criminal wrongdoing by Brown.
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Kelly Swoboda File photo
25. Kelly Swoboda, 49
Shot March 12, 2014
Near Hillsdale Library, 1525 S.W. Sunset Blvd.
Race: White
Account: Swoboda was killed in a shootout with police who were called to the area to investigate a report of a suspicious van near the Hillsboro Library. The van had been following students in the neighborhood. A .45-caliber handgun was found beside his body. Police later learned Swoboda was wanted in the January kidnapping of a 23-year-old woman from her job at a tanning salon near Oak Grove.
Police involved: Officer John Romero shot Swoboda three times with his 9mm handgun. Swoboda shot Romero in the hand. Swoboda died from a bullet wound to the chest.
Grand jury: The grand jury found no criminal wrongdoing by Romero, a school resource officer.
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Santiago Cisneros File photo
24. Santiago Cisneros, 32
Shot March 4, 2013
Northeast Seventh Avenue and Lloyd Boulevard
Race: Latino
Account: Two officers were parked in separate cars on the top of a parking garage when Cisneros drove up in a BMW and stopped in the middle of the lot, facing the patrol cars. One of the officers drove her car around and shined a spotlight on the BMW. Cisneros got out, went to his trunk, pulled out a shotgun and fired, police said.
Mental health issue: Cisneros was an Army veteran who suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder and depression. His mother said he was off his medication.
Police involved: Officer Bradley Kula fired 18 rounds from his 9mm handgun. Officer Michele Boer fired four rounds from her 9mm handgun. Cisneros was hit eight times, including under his chin.
Grand jury: Found no criminal wrongdoing by the officers.
23. Merle Hatch, 50
Shot Feb. 17, 2013
Portland Adventist Medical Center, 10123 S.E. Market St.
Race: White
Account: Hatch ran out of the hospital and paced around an employee parking lot. He started sprinting toward officers with what appeared to be a gun aimed at them, police said. Three officers fired 19 rounds at Hatch. It turned out he was carrying a broken telephone handset.
Mental health issue: Hatch, a federal fugitive and bank robbery suspect, had voluntarily come to the hospital, told a nurse he had used methamphetamine and was in the secured mental health wing when he threatened staff, saying he had a gun.
Police involved: Sgt. Nathan Voeller and Officers Andrew Hearst and Royce Curtiss fired 19 rounds -- 14 from 9mm handguns and five from an AR-15 rifle. Six shots struck Hatch, two were fatal – one in his chest and the other that pierced his liver, gallbladder and left kidney.
Grand jury: Found no criminal wrongdoing by the officers.
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22. Billy Wayne Simms, 28
Shot July 28, 2012
7-Eleven, 6840 N. Fessenden St.
Race: White
Account: Police believed Simms had shot at another car and found him at a 7-Eleven, but Simms drove away. Officer Justin Clary said he thought Simms was reaching with his right hand for a gun in the car’s center console. Clary, standing about 6 feet away, fired through the passenger window of Simms’ car. Police said they found a .22-caliber handgun tucked into Simms’ pants. It was unloaded.
Police involved: Clary fired his AR-15 rifle, hitting Simms six times, including in his chest.
Grand jury: Found no criminal wrongdoing by Clary.
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21. Brad Lee Morgan, 21
Shot Jan. 25, 2012
SmartPark garage, Southwest Fourth Avenue and Morrison Street
Race: White
Account: Police shot Morgan after he called 911 to say he had robbed someone at knifepoint and planned to jump off a downtown parking garage. The officers who responded called for mental health care workers and a crisis team but shot Morgan when they said he reached into his pocket and pointed what looked like a gun at them. Police said they found a black replica handgun in his right hand, his finger on the trigger.
Mental health issue: Morgan appeared distraught over a restraining order filed against him by his ex-girlfriend and that he couldn’t see their 8-month-old son. He said, “I literally have no reason to live” in one phone message to the woman. Dispatchers reported that Morgan possibly had a gun and was talking about “suicide by cop.” He had marijuana in his system, a medical examiner said.
Police involved: Sgt. John Holbrook fired his 9mm handgun four times and Officer David Scott fired once from his 9mm handgun. Morgan was struck once in the head.
Grand jury: Found no criminal wrongdoing by the officers.
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Thomas Higginbotham Photo courtesy of friends
20. Thomas Higginbotham, 67
Shot Jan. 2, 2011
Former Lucky Car Wash near Southeast 82nd Avenue and Powell Boulevard
Race: White
Account: Police responded to a call of a chronic and aggressive trespasser at a strip mall. They encountered Higginbotham, a homeless Vietnam veteran, inside an abandoned Southeast Portland car wash, where they said he walked toward them holding a knife with an 8-inch blade.
Mental health issue: Friends said Higginbotham’s drinking and mental illness caused a rift with his family. He had a blood alcohol content of 0.26% at the time of his death.
Police involved: Officer Larry Wingfield fired seven shots and Officer Jason Lile fired five from their 9mm handguns. Higginbotham was struck 10 times and died from wounds to the chest and abdomen.
Grand jury: Found no criminal wrongdoing by the officers.
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19. Darryel Ferguson, 45
Shot Dec. 17, 2010
Ventura Park apartments, 12110 E. Burnside St.
Race: White
Account: Police responded to a report of threats between two neighbors. Ferguson answered the door with a gun aimed at one of the officers’ heads, police said. Two officers fired 20 shots. Ferguson had been drinking beer, smoking marijuana and was on an antidepressant, witnesses said. His gun was a Colt Defender BB air pistol.
Police involved: Officer Jonathan Kizzar fired 15 rounds from his 9mm handgun. Officer Kelly Jenson fired five rounds from his 9mm handgun. Ferguson was struck three times in the chest and abdomen.
Grand jury: Found no criminal wrongdoing by the officers.
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Keaton Otis Family photo
18. Keaton Otis, 25
Shot May 12, 2010
Northeast Sixth Avenue and Halsey Street
Race: Black
Account: Officers stopped Otis after he made several lane changes without signalling and didn’t pull over for several blocks, police said. He yelled profanities at police, appeared unfazed by Taser shots and grabbed a 9mm pistol from the glove box, they said. Otis fired two shots. Both struck Officer Christopher Burley in the groin. Three other officers fired back a total of 32 shots, striking Otis 23 times. All the officers who responded belonged to the Hot Spot Enforcement Action Team, tasked with patrolling the city to head off gang violence.
Mental health issue: Otis' mother told police her son had been battling a mental illness for years. He had been diagnosed with a mood disorder and was supposed to be taking medication but had recently stopped. He had been delusional, living in his room with the lights off and refusing to eat or have contact with anyone.
Police involved: Officer Cody Berne fired 11 rounds, Officer Andrew Polas fired six rounds and Officer Jim Defrain fired 15 rounds from their 9mm handguns. A bullet to Otis’ upper chest caused his death.
Grand jury: Found no criminal wrongdoing by the officers.
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17. Jack Dale Collins, 58
Shot March 22, 2010
Hoyt Arboretum, 4000 S.W. Fairview Blvd.
Race: White
Account: Police had gone to the Hoyt Arboretum on a call of a possibly drunken man harassing people. Officer Jason Walters shot Collins after he emerged from a restroom beside the entrance to the arboretum visitor center carrying a razor-type knife and walked toward the officer, police and witnesses said. Collins was covered with blood.
Mental health issue: Collins, who was homeless, periodically suffered from mental illness, alcohol addiction and self-mutilation, said people at a church where he would stop for meals. Collins had asked police for mental health assistance 11 days before he died.
Police involved: Walters fired four times from his 9mm handgun. Collins died from a bullet that entered his hip and struck a major artery.
Grand jury: Found no criminal wrongdoing by Walters.
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Aaron Campbell visits brother Timothy Douglass in the hospital. Family photo
16. Aaron Campbell, 25
Shot Jan. 29, 2010
Sandy Terrace Apartments, 12800 N.E. Sandy Blvd.
Race: Black
Account: Officers answered a call about a suicidal man that developed into a tense scene marked by disjointed police communication that sparked a rare rebuke from a grand jury. Police got varying accounts of Campbell from his girlfriend and her family in a 911 call and at the scene. Police learned Campbell had tried to kill himself the night before and had a gun in his jacket pocket. Campbell’s girlfriend said he had calmed down, but he also had just sent her a text that said: “Don’t make me get my gun. I’m not playing.” Campbell suddenly emerged from his girlfriend’s apartment. He walked backward into the parking lot with his hands behind his head. An officer shot Campbell when Campbell reached one hand around to his back, where he had been hit by bean-bag rounds, and started running toward a parked car. It turned out Campbell had no gun. Police said a gun was found later in his girlfriend’s apartment.
Mental health issue: Campbell was distraught over the death of his brother, a heart transplant recipient who had succumbed earlier that day to heart and kidney failure.
Police involved: Officer Ron Frashour fired once from his AR-15 rifle, hitting Campbell in the lower back. Police Chief Mike Reese fired Frashour, finding it was unreasonable of Frashour to believe Campbell posed an immediate threat. A state arbitrator reinstated Frashour, saying she found it reasonable that Frashour thought Campbell was reaching into his waistband for a gun, though she called the decision a “close call.”
Grand jury: Found no criminal wrongdoing by Frashour but released a letter that blamed lack of communication among officers, inadequate command and poor training for Campbell’s death.
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Jason Spoor File photo
15. Jason Spoor, 27
Shot May 13, 2008
9124 N.E. Glisan St.
Race: Black
Account: Police were investigating a report of a killing at what appeared to be a vacant house when Spoor came out, ran back in, returned with a gun and walked into the street. He held the gun to his head and refused orders to drop it, police said. Officers saw him looking around as if trying to identify their positions. One of the officers said he saw Spoor take a shuffle step, set his feet and turn toward him as Spoor pulled the gun away from his head. Two officers fired. Spoor was a suspect in the killing of a man later found shot to death and stuffed in a crawlspace under the house.
Police involved: Officers Timothy Bacon and Scott McCollister each fired one round. Spoor died from a single gunshot to the head.
Grand jury: Found no criminal wrongdoing by the officers.
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Jeffrey Turpin. Family photo
14. Jeffrey Turpin, 42
Shot Oct. 5, 2007
Columbia Riverview Estates, Scappoose
Race: White
Account: Turpin stumbled through a Scappoose subdivision before dawn, holding a gun to his head and pounding on doors before he was shot by a homeowner, an off-duty Portland police sergeant.
Mental health issue: His family said they suspected Turpin was on drugs when he was killed. He and his girlfriend had been driving around for hours in the Astoria-Seaside area that night and Turpin refused to go home, thinking someone was after him, relatives said.
Police involved: Sgt. Gregory Stewart took his family outside, went back inside his home, got his 9mm handgun from an upstairs closet and fired four rounds through his front door and an adjacent window. He struck Turpin twice, in the neck and chest.
Grand jury: Columbia County’s district attorney found that Stewart reasonably believed he had to protect his family.
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13. Steven Bolen, 43
Shot May 22, 2007
500 block of Northeast Suttle Road
Race: White
Account: Bolen, a convicted felon who had recently made suicidal threats, arrived home with a shotgun and screamed at his girlfriend to let him inside, witnesses said. He rammed the garage door with his car and threatened to kill the woman. By the time officers arrived, Bolen was inside and refused to open the door, so they forced their way in, police said. Officers shot Bolen when they saw him standing at the top of some stairs and he pointed the shotgun at them, police said. Police didn’t find the woman in the townhouse.
Police involved: Officer Jon Dalberg fired five rounds from his handgun and Officer Jason Koenig fired five rounds from his AR-15 rifle. Bolen died of four gunshot wounds to his chest and neck.
Grand jury: Found no criminal wrongdoing by officers.
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12. David Earl Hughes, 52
Shot Nov. 12, 2006
Hospitality Inn, 10151 S.W. Capitol Highway
Race: White
Account: Police shot an unarmed Hughes, wanted on a felony warrant, outside the motel after he jumped from his second-floor window with luggage in hand. He ran along the side of the motel with police in pursuit, a witness said. He refused police commands to show his hands and told police to shoot him. Three officers fired when he reached inside his jacket, police said. He dropped to the ground and officers shot him again when he reached into his coat or waistband.
Mental health issue: Officers had information that Hughes was possibly armed and possibly suicidal, police said.
Police involved: Officer Nathan Voeller fired seven rounds from his AR-15 rifle and Sgt. Timothy Musgrave and Officer Kevin Tully fired their 9mm handguns eight times between the two of them.
Grand jury: Found no criminal wrongdoing by the officers.
David Hughes File photo
11. Dennis Lamar Young, 28
Shot Jan. 4, 2006
Northeast 64th Avenue, just south of Alameda Street
Race: White
Account: Lt. Jeffrey Kaer was the night shift commander in Southeast Precinct when he received a call at 2:15 a.m. from his sister, who reported a strange car in front of her home. Kaer responded himself even though his sister lived in another precinct and he didn’t wait for backup before confronting Young. Kaer reached into the idling car to put it in park and Young abruptly shifted the car into gear, ran into a tree and then put it in reverse. Kaer shot Young, saying he couldn’t escape the oncoming car. Young was unarmed.
Police involved: Kaer fired twice from his 9mm handgun. Young died from a wound to the upper torso. Mayor Tom Potter fired Kaer, but Kaer was reinstated by a state arbitrator.
Grand jury: Found no criminal wrongdoing by Kaer.
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Raymond Gwerder Photo from Mental Health PDX
10. Raymond Dwayne Gwerder, 30
Shot Nov. 4, 2005
1300 block of Northeast 118th Avenue
Race: White
Account: During a 90-minute standoff at a triplex where Gwerder lived, police said Gwerder held a gun to his head, fired his gun once outside the home but didn’t hit anyone and said he would shoot officers at the scene. A police sniper shot Gwerder in the back while he was on a back patio and appeared to be heading inside. Gwerder was on the phone with a police negotiator at the time.
Mental health issue: A friend called 911 saying Gwerder was armed and making suicidal statements.
Police involved: Officer Leo Besner fired once from a .308-caliber Winchester rifle. The bullet went through Gwerder’s chest. Besner said he was worried Gwerder might harm a woman and a child who were in the next-door unit.
Grand jury: Found no criminal wrongdoing by Besner.
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9. Vernon Allen, 48
Shot May 19, 2005
Southwest Fifth Avenue and West Burnside Street
Race: Black
Account: Police and witnesses said Allen, who was homeless, lunged at officers with a serrated knife. Witnesses said officers repeatedly told Allen to drop the knife. A prosecutor at the time said Allen planned in advance to provoke police, pointing out to a bus driver as he arrived downtown where he planned the confrontation. Allen had an extensive criminal record in Oregon and Washington.
Police involved: Officers Darrell Shaw, Mark Friedman and Kai Ho fired a total of six rounds at Allen. A knife was found under Allen’s body.
Grand jury: Found no criminal wrongdoing by the officers.
8. Ronald Richard Riebling Jr., 40
Shot March 20, 2005
9600 block of Southeast Woodstock Boulevard
Race: White
Account: A police sniper shot Riebling after he held his ex-girlfriend's children, 12, 18 and 22, hostage in her duplex. Police said Riebling came out of the duplex aiming what looked like a rifle at officers. Someone from inside the duplex yelled that he had a gun. It turned out to be an umbrella wrapped in a towel. Police said the victims later told investigators Riebling had ordered them to say he was armed.
Mental health issue: A friend said Riebling wanted to die by suicide because he was distraught over the death of someone close to him and troubles with an ex-girlfriend and overwhelmed by bills. His family said relatives had tried to get Riebling help for anger, alcohol and drug problems.
Police involved: Officer Terry Kruger fired his M-16 once and hit Riebling in the head.
Grand jury: Found no criminal wrongdoing by Kruger.
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7. Dwayne Richard Novak, 38
Shot March 12, 2005
Northwest Morgan Road near U.S. 30
Race: White
Account: Portland officers backed up a Multnomah County sheriff’s deputy responding to a call from a teenager who said a man was assaulting her grandmother in a motorhome parked next to the house. Officers found the grandmother, 74, fatally stabbed outside and Novak ransacking the house. Novak turned on officers with a knife, police said. All three officers shot him, a sheriff’s official said. The teenager hid in the house and was unhurt.
Police involved: Officer William Gillentine, Officer James Nett and Deputy Jeffrey Schneider.
Grand jury: Found no criminal wrongdoing by the officers.
6. William Thomas Grigsby, 24
Shot Dec. 2, 2004
6200 block of Southeast 84th Avenue
Race: Black
Account: Grigsby led police on a chase in a stolen Chevy pickup. He crashed the truck into a home and ran. An officer fired his Taser at Grigsby, who dropped to the ground, spun around and pulled a .25-caliber pistol, firing at officers, police said. He hit two of them. Three officers returned fire, hitting Grigsby 13 times. Grigsby had a warrant for his arrest, accusing him of escape. He had been convicted of promoting prostitution and unlawful possession of a firearm and was a registered sex offender.
Officers involved: Officer Richard Steinbronn was shot in the right leg. Officer Christopher Gjovik was grazed on the ankle. Officer Ney Phothivongsa was unhurt. Each fired their 9mm handguns, possibly more than 30 times total. Investigators found 27 casings from their guns at the scene, police said.
Grand jury: Found no criminal wrongdoing by the officers.
Bruce P. Clark MCSO
5. Bruce Perison Clark, 39
Shot Nov. 22, 2004
Northeast Holladay Street, between Northeast Sixth and Seventh avenues
Race: White
Account: Police chased Clark after receiving a description of a suspect who robbed the Bank of the West at 905 N.E. Halsey St. An officer fired at Clark after Clark lunged at him with a knife, police said. Clark was convicted of bank robbery twice in the 1990s and was a suspect in as many as five others in the three months before he died, according to the FBI and public records.
Police involved: Officer Mike Smith fired his 9mm handgun four times.
Grand jury: Found no criminal wrongdoing by Smith.
James Jahar Perez Family photo
4. James Jahar Perez, 28
Shot March 28, 2004
North Fessenden Street and Burr Avenue
Race: Black
Account: Officer Jason Sery shot an unarmed Perez after his partner, Officer Sean Macomber, struggled to pull Perez out of a car for not producing a driver’s license during a traffic stop. Sery said he thought Perez was clutching a weapon in his pants pocket. They had pulled over Perez for failing to signal at least 100 feet before making a turn and had been following the car, a white 1997 Mitsubishi with tinted windows and chrome wheels, because it “stood out” as a luxury sedan in the working-class neighborhood, Macomber said. The shooting led to the first public inquest in 20 years. According to an autopsy and police, Perez had cocaine in his blood and bags of drugs in his mouth and left pants pocket.
Police involved: Sery shot Perez three times with his 9mm handgun. Perez died of a gunshot wound to the heart.
Grand jury: Found no criminal wrongdoing by the officers but urged the Portland Police Bureau to revamp its training.
3. Jose Angel Padilla, 22
Shot Jan. 3, 2004
Greyhound Bus Terminal, 800 N.W. Sixth Ave.
Race: Latino
Account: Witnesses said Padilla was holding his girlfriend by the hair with a knife to her throat. When police arrived, they saw Padilla with his hands around the woman’s throat but didn’t see a knife. They asked whether he had a knife and ordered him to drop it, but Padilla raised the knife and drew it back down toward the woman, police said.
Police involved: Officer Brian Hubbard fired once from an AR-15 rifle and shot Padilla in the head. The woman suffered a slight cut to her throat.
Grand jury: Found no criminal wrongdoing by Hubbard.
2. Shane Eric Clements, 25
Shot Dec. 24, 2003
American Mobile Lodge, 16901 S.E. Division St.
Race: White
Account: Police had been looking for Clements, a suspect in a rash of commercial and pedestrian armed robberies, for weeks. They got a tip and spotted him as a passenger in a car near Southeast 164th Avenue and Stephens Street, but he ran. They chased after him and Clements then tried to drive off in a stolen car that he had stashed at a nearby mobile home park. Police said they fired at Clements as he backed up in the car. They said they feared Clements was going to run them down. Police found no weapon on Clements or in the car.
Officers involved: Sgt. John Cordell fired 11 times from his 9mm handgun, Officer Paul Kennard fired seven times from his .45-caliber handgun and Officer Melissa Gray fired six times from her 9mm handgun. Clements was shot in the head, neck and back.
Grand jury: Found no criminal wrongdoing by the officers.
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1. Kendra James, 21
Shot May 5, 2003
North Skidmore Street near Interstate 5
Race: Black
Account: Police stopped the car James was riding in when it rolled through a stop sign. As officers removed two men, James jumped from the back seat to the front seat. Officer Scott McCollister tried to pull James out of the driver’s seat with both arms and said 80% of his body was in the car when it started to move. He said he shot James when he was getting dragged and starting to fall under the car. James, who had cocaine in her blood, had a warrant for her arrest for failure to appear in court on an attempted drug possession charge. She was unarmed.
Police involved: McCollister fired once from his 9mm handgun. The bullet hit James in the left hip and lodged beneath her right breast. Police Chief Mark Kroeker suspended McCollister for almost six months without pay but a state arbitrator overturned the discipline, ruling that police failed to conduct a full internal affairs investigation into the shooting. The city was ordered to pay him back wages and expunge the suspension.
Grand jury: Found no criminal wrongdoing by McCollister.
Federal jury: Found in 2005 that McCollister hadn’t used excessive force after a civil trial in a wrongful death lawsuit filed by James’ family.
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* This list does not include four people who died in a Portland police shooting during these years because medical examiners concluded they killed themselves or succumbed through other means. Eddie Homsombath, 19 (Oct. 21, 2003), Jerry Goins, 37 (July 19, 2006), and Derek Coady, 43 (May 15, 2008), all died from self-inflicted gunshot wounds to the head after being shot by police. Craig Boehler, 46 (Nov. 23, 2010), had been shot by police but later died of smoke inhalation when the house where he was caught fire.
Sources: Oregonian/OregonLive news stories, Multnomah County grand jury transcripts, Portland Independent Police Review, Portland Copwatch, OIR Group, Portland police records
Contact the reporters:
-- Margaret Haberman; mhaberman@oregonian.com; 503-221-8375
-- Shane Dixon Kavanaugh; skavanaugh@oregonian.com; 503-294-7632
-- Noelle Crombie; ncrombie@oregonian.com; 503-276-7184
-- Maxine Bernstein; mbernstein@oregonian.com; 503-221-8212
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