On Oct. 21, 2012, Chase Hammer, 27, was confronted by Salem police responding to a mental health call. Hammer was armed with a revolver, with which he was threatening to kill himself. His family wanted to assure police he was not a danger to anyone but himself, but officers never talked to them. Officers ordered […]
These files are associated with the spreadsheet Clark Co. LEO Lethal Use of Force 1995-2016. Click on the blue button at the top right of this site. Wayne Jones 1997 ATTACKER ‘WASN’T GOING TO STOP’ Tabitha DeSousa 2006 Proposed shooting settlement $350,000 Stephen Lubeck 2012 Police officer cleared in shooting Sean Makarowsky 2007 Vancouver Police […]
KNOWN FACTS – Chris Kalonji was shot and killed by a Clackamas County Sheriff’s Deputy on January 28, 2016. He was 19, a person of color and a persons with mental illness. Parents say son killed in Oak Grove SWAT standoff was a ‘bright boy’ in ‘mental crisis’ KPTV.com February 5, 2016 The family of […]
Officers shoot, kill man with gun outside Good Samaritan Hospital KOIN.com, November 6, 2015 – Officers shot and killed a 51-year-old man in the parking lot outside Legacy Good Samaritan Hospital in Northwest Portland early Friday morning after officers say he fired several shots. None of the involved officers was injured in the incident. Police […]
Andrew Dehart suicided during a confrontation with Oregon State Police on October 29, 2015 during a car chase. He had been arrested at least eighteen times in Multnomah County for drug offenses since 2013 and had methamphetamine in his blood when he died. Death of fugitive involved in U.S. 26 gun-battle chase ruled a suicide, […]
Chicago academics suggest Portland police survey those they’ve had contact with, particularly mental health consumers – Oregonian, October 13, 2015 The only way to accurately measure whether Portland police are improving their encounters with people who have mental illnesses is to survey the people themselves, says a team of Chicago-based academics hired by the city […]
Phyllis Ilene Jepsen, age 55, was shot and killed by deputies Dennis Strange, John McCullough and Matt Humphrey of the Washington County Sheriff’s office in October 2, 2015. An unknown person called 911 for help for Phyllis, who was in a mental health crisis and had threatened suicide. Sheriff’s spokespersons said deputies said Jepsen displayed […]
Portland police officer who fatally shot man armed with knife: ‘I didn’t want to shoot the guy’ – Oregonian, May 15, 2015 [Neither the Oregonian story below or the grand jury evidence attached explain that Chris Healy had schizophrenia and was in a mental health crisis at the time of his shooting.] DOWNLOAD – Transcript […]
Chelsea Fresh, 29, died Nov. 20, 2014 after being shot four times by Beaverton police officers James Beane and Daniel Coulson. Fresh, who had pointed an unloaded rifle at police, was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Toxicology tests showed she had a blood alcohol level of .19 percent and had also ingested a prescription antidepressant, sleep […]
Family of Erie Man Shot, Killed in Portland Speaks Out – March, 25, 2015 Christopher Ryan Healy, 36, was killed in Portland, Oregon Sunday after police shot him twice during an altercation stemming from an alleged burglary on the city’s east side. Upon arrival at the scene, police say Healy, who had traveled to Portland […]
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