Roommate says Macduff had mental crisis before police shot him
Numerous calls placed for mental health intervention went ignored before fatal shooting, woman says.
Theresa Chapin says she reached out to police for help over the course of five days for her roommate, whom she believed was having a mental breakdown. When they finally responded after an emergency call from a neighbor Wednesday, Jan. 6, he was shot to death.
Chapin is still trying to wrap her head around what happened to her roommate, friend and former partner, Jacob Macduff.
Macduff, 26, was fatally shot by Tigard police officers Jan. 6, after police responded to a call about a domestic disturbance. The details of what happened when police arrived are still murky, but the department noted Saturday, Jan. 9 that five officers were on scene, including a negotiator. The officer who fired his weapon, Gabriel Maldonado, is a 14-year veteran of the Tigard Police Department. Maldonado, along with the other office
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