Week 61 Shooting Report | Officers ran down many reported shooting calls, this week. But, for a change, it appears no one was maimed or killed by gunfire over Labor Day. Includes ‘Shots Fired’ log: See if there was any gunfire reported in your neighborhood …
From the neighborhoods of Powellhurst-Gilbert to Lents, Hazelwood, and Argay Terrace, officers respond to dozens of ‘Shots Fired’ calls in outer East Portland.
Story and photos by David F. Ashton
Usually, the combination of warm weather and a long holiday weekend are a deadly combination – but not his week.
By the way, if our headline sounded familiar, “Death Takes A Holiday” was also the title of a 1929 play, and five years later a hit motion picture. And, it was revived and adapted and 1998 as “Meet Joe Black”, starring Brad Pitt.
There were still numerous ‘Shooting – with Weapon’ calls across the City of Portland, from Fairview to Hayden Island, that put shooting victims in the hospital – but fortunately, none in outer East Portland that even wounded people, let alone slew them. Comparatively speaking, it was a happy holiday!
Mental health issues; not shootings
Many times, reminds Portland Police Bureau (PPB) Public Information Officer Sergeant Kevin Allen, many ‘Shooting’ calls turn out to be other something else entirely. Two of those calls this week, one day apart, turned out to be the result of mental issues.
For example, on September 8, PPB East Precinct officers were sent to SE Division Street at 125th Avenue at 7:22 p.m. to investigate a shots fired call in the Mill Park neighborhood. “Officers found an individual who appeared to be suffering from mental health challenges, who claimed to be shot; but officers determined that he had not been shot,” Sgt. Allen told East Portland News.
Then, on September 9, officers were dispatched to the Gateway District in the Hazelwood neighborhood at 1:15 a.m. near Adventist Medical Center, at the intersection of SE 107th Avenue and Madison Drive, again to look into a reported shooting. “In this instance, officers found a patient who apparently suffers from dementia, and who was not shot,” Sgt. Allen said.
Day and night, officers respond to “Shots Fired” calls.
Shots Fired Log
Nevertheless, East Precinct officers were dispatched to 54 “Shots Fired” calls this week. There were 19 such calls on September 5. In some cases, officers did find “evidence of gunshots”; in others, they did not.
September 3
21-245750 20:51:15 3500 Block of SE 65TH AVE
September 4
21-246103 05:41:14 1200 Block of NE 153RD AVE
21-37429 07:17:54 2300 Block of NE 178TH AVE
21-246695 20:40:54 SE 62ND AVE / SE DUKE ST
21-246712 20:55:24 16900 Block of SE DIVISION ST
21-246733 21:24:22 NE GLISAN ST / NE 87TH AVE
21-246792 22:35:26 17400 Block of SE EMMERT CT
21-246868 23:34:27 NE 81ST AVE / NE OREGON ST
21-246869 23:36:03 NE 72ND AVE / NE KILLINGSWORTH ST
21-37514 23:44:01 300 Block of NE 170TH AVE
21-246886 23:47:47 SE 122ND AVE / SE STARK ST
September 5
21-246899 00:02:56 NE 72ND AVE / NE ALBERTA ST
21-37518 00:05:59 NE 162ND AVE / NE GLISAN ST
21-246903 00:09:00 800 Block of NE 81ST AVE
21-246918 00:21:37 SE 122ND AVE / SE DIVISION ST
21-246920 00:22:24 SE 87TH AVE / SE FLAVEL ST
21-246924 00:31:33 10300 Block of NE PRESCOTT ST
21-44910 00:50:56 17100 Block of SE FOSTER RD
21-246941 00:51:00 SE 82ND AVE / SE FLAVEL ST
21-246983 01:41:55 6400 Block of SE 61ST AVE
21-247013 02:33:55 8100 Block of SE STARK ST
21-247060 04:05:55 8400 Block of SE LAMBERT ST
21-247100 05:47:24 SE 92ND AVE/SE CRYSTAL SPRINGS BLVD
21-247186 08:25:31 NE SANDY BLVD / NE 110TH AVE
21-247167 09:26:45 12400 Block of SE CARUTHERS ST
21-247274 10:47:11 00 Block of SE 127TH AVE
21-247627 18:50:41 7400 Block of SE WOODSTOCK BLVD
21-247745 21:43:19 12000 Block of SE PINE ST
21-37639 22:54:10 17300 Block of NE GLISAN ST
21-247813 23:07:32 100 Block of NE 147TH AVE
September 6
21-247905 01:01:58 NE 104TH AVE / NE CLACKAMAS ST
21-248628 20:10:41 11400 Block of SE RAMONA CT
21-248670 21:15:36 14700 Block of SE RHONE ST
21-248720 22:20:11 17800 Block of NE MARINE DR
21-248731 22:34:58 1900 Block of SE 149TH AVE
21-248734 22:38:15 8000 Block of NE OREGON ST
21-248769 23:09:32 12300 Block of SE BUSH ST
September 7
21-248888 02:40:10 1900 Block of SE 122ND AVE
21-37890 14:42:51 1200 Block of NE 162ND AVE
21-37909 16:29:22 16300 Block of NE MULTNOMAH ST
21-45398 18:07:15 9400 Block of NE Campaign Street
21-249725 18:53:35 SE 85TH AVE / SE ELLIS ST
September 8
21-249979 00:39:31 9200 Block of E BURNSIDE ST
21-249998 01:29:32 2500 Block of NE 143RD AVE
21-250050 03:37:07 2300 Block of SE 139TH AVE
21-250663 15:39:31 700 Block of NE 114TH AVE
21-45638 20:42:37 5100 Block of SE CIRCLE AVE
21-250976 21:33:50 12000 Block of SE BOISE ST
21-251028 22:28:56 5100 Block of SE 86TH AVE
21-251060 23:00:59 2900 Block of SE 122ND AVE
September 9
21-251109 00:09:18 15800 Block of NE GLISAN ST
21-251134 00:54:53 11200 Block of SE BROOKSIDE DR
21-251182 02:33:44 11200 Block of NE WYGANT ST
21-251832 17:12:42 1100 Block of NE 99TH AVE
If you live near any of those addresses, now you know why officers appeared there, and why.
East Portland News will continue to record the unending welter of shots fired reports over the last year until a most-welcome cease fire is declared, because you deserve to know specifically what dangers there may be to avoid, in your vicinity.
© 2021 David F. Ashton ~ East Portland News™
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