Officers searching for one suspect in Parkrose end up capturing two men

INCLUDES DRAGNET VIDEO | See how outstanding work, in this outer East Portland manhunt, by Portland Police ended up in an arrest, and a “bonus” capture as well …

Dozens of Portland Police Bureau officers swarm a four-block area in the Parkrose neighborhood, looking for a felon with a gun.

Story and photos by David F. Ashton

Parkrose neighbors, south of NE Sandy Boulevard – and people traveling through the area – couldn’t help but notice the abundance of Portland Police Bureau (PPB) officers prominent in the area on Wednesday afternoon, July 16.

North Precinct officers were first dispatched at 6:40 p.m. on a “Suspicious Subject, Vehicle or Circumstance” incident – which is the nomenclature typically used when officers are looking for a suspect who ran from them.

Watch as officers work to catch an armed suspect, running through the neighborhood:

It didn’t take long until a total of 28 officers, including three K9 police dog teams and the PPB’s “Drone Squad”, were in the area searching.

Along NE Sandy Boulevard, police patrol cars block the southbound entrance to NE 100th Avenue; while, up the hill, officers try to track down the suspect.

Here’s what took place …
“Officers were searching for a man who ran from them, into the neighborhood,” reported PPB Public Information Officer Sergeant Kevin Allen. “Out of abundance of caution, the sergeant requested that area residents stay inside and keep their doors locked while officers set up a large perimeter containment area – from NE Sandy Boulevard south to Wygant Street; and from 99th to 101st Avenues.”

In a parking lot off NE Sandy Boulevard, an officer operates a drone. [Inset] Here’s that drone flying directly above NE Wygant Street at 101st Avenue.

While reporting the story, we saw neighbors poking their heads out of their windows, and around corners, as officers used a PA in a patrol car to call out the suspect – while police K-9s were on his scent trail, and drones flew above.

By methodically searching the area, yard-by-yard, a police dog successfully tracked the suspect to a yard. “He was located on the roof of an unoccupied house, and arrested,” Sergeant Allen told East Portland News.

Officers watch as the suspect for which they were searching is taken into custody.

After officers took the suspect – 53-year-old Damon Devon Duboise – into custody, he was booked into the Multnomah County Detention Center (MCDC) at 9:30 p.m. that evening on warrants for Felon in Possession of a Firearm, and Unauthorized Use of a Motor Vehicle. Added to the charges were the new Misdemeanors of Failure to Register as a Sex Offender, Escape in the Third Degree, and Interfering with a Peace Officer – all three of which charges were “released” by the judge.

However, Duboise remains lodged the MCDC, currently without bail, on the firearm and stolen vehicle felony charges.

These officers stand by while others, just down the block, take a second individual into custody.

But wait! There’s more!
“This incident also featured an additional ‘surprise’ arrest. It turns out that seeing officers swarm the area, a different man thought officers were after him, and ran into a neighbor’s back yard,” Sergeant Allen continued the story.

“During the search for Duboise, an area resident flagged down an officer and pointed out that a man was suspiciously hiding in a neighbor’s yard – and quickly surrendered to officers when challenged.

After being detained, the second “suspicious” man is taken into custody, and seated in the patrol car before being taken to a hospital in the waiting ambulance.

“This second suspect, a 35-year-old male, isn’t being identified, because he was not charged with a crime (of trespassing),” pointed out Sergeant Allen. “He said he ran because he thought he had outstanding warrants – but actually, he did not. However, he said that he’d swallowed a ‘significant amount’ of fentanyl.

“So instead of taking him to jail, officers requested an ambulance, and he was taken to a local hospital for evaluation and treatment,” said Sergeant Allen. “All this, and no injuries were reported; this is another example of outstanding police work.”

Which demonstrates that our North and East Precinct PPB officers really do take seriously the motto to both “protect and serve”.

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