911 caller reported man doing quick-draws with gun in Lents Park leading up to fatal shooting by Portland police
Updated 8:10 PM;
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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.