Week #96 Shooting Report | INCLUDES VIDEO | It’s a good week for our neighborhoods when no one dies from gunfire. But can you help investigators solve a November shooting in Hazelwood? Check out this Crime Stoppers request. And, see this week’s “Shots Fired Log” …
In outer East Portland, Portland Police Bureau officers and specialty teams are sent to numerous incidents, all involving people with guns.
Story and photos by David F. Ashton
Hopefully, at long last, we’re starting a downward trend of shooting violence in our neighborhoods. We attribute this to the diligent work of Portland Police Bureau (PPB) officers, as well as their Focused Intervention Team (FIT) and Enhanced Community Safety Team (ECST).
Yes, there were still “Shooting-with Weapon” incidents, and 28 “Shots Fired” calls. But, when no one dies from gunshots, it’s a good thing. Here are some of the incidents covered this week:
Possibly armed suspect triggers Powellhurst-Gilbert SERT callout
Looking northward, SE 128th Avenue is blocked at Knight Street as police search for a suspect – likely with a gun – who ran into the Springwater Trail area.
On Sunday, May 15, at 3:20 p.m., a PPB East Precinct sergeant attempted to stop a car – knowing the driver to be a wanted suspect – near the intersection of SE 128th Avenue, Reedway Street, and the Springwater Corridor Trail.
The subject had no desire to be apprehended, and stepped on the gas and took off southbound on SE 128th Avenue, then turning east on Ramona Street.
You can just make out the back end of the suspect’s car, after he slid into a yard and got stuck there.
The fleeing person, now a wanted man, sped away a half-mile to S.E. 136th Avenue – negotiated a turn southward – and ended up stuck in the yard of a home.
This video shows scenes of officers and SERT personnel, as the manhunt unfolds:
From there, the suspect hopped out of the car and ran off. “Evidence recovered at the car led officers to believe that the subject may be armed,” PPB Public Information Officer Derek Carman reported at the scene.
All of these rigs parked on the street support officers with the PPB’s Special Emergency Reaction Team and the Crisis Negotiation Team.
With large yards, and many hiding places to be found along the Springwater Corridor Trail, the sergeant issued a callout of the Special Emergency Reaction Team (SERT) and the Crisis Negotiation Team (CNT).
Officers set up a perimeter extending from SE 134th Avenue to 140th Avenue, and from Ramona Street to the Springwater Trail.
It wasn’t long until 25 officers, some of them with SERT and CNT, had arrived to join in searching for the suspect.
Because the PPB isn’t allowed to own or use aerial drones, officers with the Gresham Police Department arrived to lend “mutual assistance” by flying their drone over the search area.
As officers combed yards, apartment complexes, and fields, shadows lengthened and the sun began to set. Even the keen noses of three PPB K-9 dogs and their partners couldn’t sniff out the wanted man.
Officers are stationed around the perimeter of the search area, as the manhunt continues.
Finally, at about 8:30 p.m. it was over. “The search for the suspect who eluded police has concluded,” announced Carman. “The suspect was not located; this incident will be referred to investigators for follow up.”
If you have information about this incident, email it to crimetips@portlandoregon.gov; be sure to reference Case No. 22-128343.
A trio of false shooting calls
Officers were sent to investigate these shooting reports; and to each of them, emergency medical first-responders were also dispatched. However, like many “Shots Fired” calls, the sounds reported by residents turned out not to be shootings.
May 12 at 1:09 a.m. ~ Incident No. 22-125109
15200 NE Sandy Boulevard
PPB North Precinct officers were dispatched to a “Shooting-with Weapon” call at Village Garden Apartments complex in the Wilkes Community Group neighborhood. PPB reports: No shots fired; caller exhibiting mental health issues.
May 15 at 1:27 p.m. ~ Incident No. 22-128282
2400 Block of SE 135th Avenue
In this incident, PPB East Precinct officers were sent about a half block north of SE Division Street to look into this “Shooting-with Weapon” call in the Hazelwood neighborhood. PPB reports: A transient reported getting shot, but was not.
May 18 at 3:21 p.m. ~ Incident 22-131549
SE 81st Avenue at Oregon Street
Near the southwest corner of the Milepost 5 Studios and Apartments complex was the location of a “Shooting-with Weapon” for PPB East Precinct officers. PPB reports: Reportedly, two men were fighting, one “pistol whipped” another. It appears the gun accidently discharged during one of the strikes. It doesn’t appear as if anyone was hit by the bullet; it struck the building, where the bullet lodged in place. The person who was pistol whipped did not cooperate with police.
Additionally, not far from Outer East Portland, there were three additional shooting calls, also bringing medical providers:
- 05/14/2022 at 6:15 a.m. | 4900 Block of SE Division Street – Case No. 127088
- 05/14/2022 at 7:06 a.m. | 4900 Block of SE Division Street – Case No. 22-127107
- 05/17/2022 at 8:05 a.m. | 1700 Block of NE 66th Avenue – Case No. 22-130105
If you are an eyewitness, or have video evidence that can help ECST investigators about any shooting case, email them contact crimetips@portlandoregon.gov and be sure to include the Case No. Or, tips can be sent to Crime Stoppers of Oregon, and perhaps receive cash rewards of up to $2,500.
CRIME STOPPERS ALERT:
November daytime shooting in Hazelwood
Officers investigate on SE 122nd Avenue near East Burnside Street, after a person on foot shot at a passing Ford Mustang.
This week, the Portland Police Bureau teamed up with Crime Stoppers of Oregon asking for help in solving a very public shooting late last year:
On November 2, 2021, at 2:26 p.m., in the area of 122nd Avenue and East Burnside Street, an unknown person fired multiple bullet rounds from a handgun at a black Ford Mustang being driven by a 40-year-old Portland man. The vehicle sustained damage from gunfire, but the driver was not injured.
The suspect was described as a Black male, 20 to 30 years old, wearing a dark puffy jacket, blue jeans, and black shoes with white soles.
Investigators located surveillance video and released this still image from a video of the suspect. PPB image
Investigators would like to hear from anyone with information about this shooting investigation. Send tips to Crime Stoppers of Oregon, and perhaps receive cash rewards of up to $2,500.
~ SHOTS FIRED LOG ~
This week, the number of “Shots Fired” calls logged – 28 of them – remains about the same as last week. At many of these calls, officers don’t find “evidence of shooting” at the location.
May 11
22-124094 05/11/2022 00:30:51 4000 Block of SE 122ND AVE
22-124106 05/11/2022 00:52:32 2200 Block of NE 102ND AVE
22-124957 05/11/2022 21:15:44 8700 Block of SE FLAVEL ST
May 12
22-126031 05/12/2022 23:36:33 10500 Block of SE FLAVEL ST
22-126088 05/13/2022 01:20:34 13000 Block of NE PRESCOTT DR
May 13
22-17515 05/13/2022 02:08:55 17400 Block of SE STARK ST
22-126155 05/13/2022 04:28:47 SE 61ST AVE / SE HOLGATE BLVD
22-126551 05/13/2022 15:45:24 2400 Block of NE 82ND AVE
May 14
22-127013 05/14/2022 03:03:52 1700 Block of SE 122ND AVE
22-127036 05/14/2022 04:01:59 1700 Block of NE 66TH AVE
22-127263 05/14/2022 11:04:44 5100 Block of SE 84TH AVE
22-019853 05/14/2022 21:52:06 9400 Block of NE CAMPAIGN ST
22-127753 05/14/2022 23:13:17 SE 160TH AVE / SE STARK ST
May 15
22-127841 05/15/2022 00:15:05 1100 Block of SE 135TH AVE
22-127894 05/15/2022 01:45:04 SE 130TH AVE / SE DIVISION ST
22-127916 05/15/2022 02:18:36 5200 Block of SE 79TH AVE
22-127936 05/15/2022 02:55:24 SE 122ND AVE / SE DIVISION ST
22-127938 05/15/2022 02:57:18 8000 Block of SE MILL ST
22-017798 05/15/2022 03:39:20 17700 Block of NE GLISAN ST
22-127963 05/15/2022 03:51:36 10700 Block of NE SIMPSON ST
22-128599 05/15/2022 20:33:35 5400 Block of NE 112TH AVE
22-128643 05/15/2022 21:36:47 6000 Block of SE 136TH AVE
22-128648 05/15/2022 21:39:33 3400 Block of NE 158TH AVE
May 16
22-128914 05/16/2022 04:36:08 9200 Block of SE WASHINGTON ST
22-129149 05/16/2022 19:02:58 6300 Block of SE HAROLD ST
22-129692 05/16/2022 21:07:47 800 Block of NE 92ND AVE
22-129149 05/16/2022 19:02:58 6300 Block of SE HAROLD ST
May 17
22-130714 05/17/2022 19:39:39 8700 Block of NE GLISAN ST
22-130852 05/17/2022 22:29:15 12800 Block of SE STARK ST
22-130900 05/17/2022 23:32:58 12600 Block of E BURNSIDE ST
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Around the clock, every day of the week, Portland Police Bureau officers, and members of specialty teams, are working to reduce shootings in outer East Portland. Offer them a wave and friendly smile when you pass by them.
© 2022 David F. Ashton ~ East Portland News™
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