911 caller reported man doing quick-draws with gun in Lents Park leading up to fatal shooting by Portland police
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A 911 caller reported that a man in Lents Park was “acting like James Bond” and “like a cowboy” by doing quick-draws with a gun but not pointing it at anybody, responding Portland police Officer Zachary DeLong told dispatchers.
Only minutes later, DeLong shot and killed Robert Douglas Delgado, 46, according to a timeline and a dispatch recording released Monday by police of the fatal shooting last Friday.
DeLong arrived at the park
at 9:36 a.m.
and alerted dispatch that he saw the man by the east side of the park, with no shirt on and black pants, according to the radio transmissions. The officer
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The Portland Police Bureau said an officer killed a man in Lents Park early Friday, April 16.
According to the bureau, East Precinct officers responded to a call of an armed male, who is believed to be white, around 9:30 a.m. After officers arrived, both less lethal and lethal force was used against the man. Two officers deployed less lethal 40 mm rounds and one officer used lethal force.
Authorities have not verified that the man was armed, saying specifically that a caller, presumably a member of the public, told police there was an adult white male pointing a gun.
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Updated: 1:43 PM PST February 23, 2021
PORTLAND, Ore. One person was killed and another injured after a shooting Saturday night in Northeast Portland. The person who died has been identified as 25-year-old Tyler Turpin.
Portland police officers were dispatched at 9:38 p.m. to a report of a shooting at the intersection of Northeast 54th Avenue and Northeast Fremont Street. They found two victims.
Paramedics determined one victim, now identified as Turpin, was deceased at the scene. The other was taken to the hospital and is still recovering from injuries that are not believed to be life-threatening, police said Tuesday.
No arrests have been made and no suspect information is available.