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Virginia Morris, a 38-year-old disabled U.S. Marine Corps veteran, was fatally shot by Deputy Benjamin Cloud of the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office. She was reportedly experiencing a mental health crisis and fired shots from her home in Waldport, prompting a police response. Morris had expressed fears of being killed by law enforcement in prior social media posts following an unrelated incident involving trespassers. She may have been intoxicated and suffering from PTSD at the time. Law enforcement stated that she emerged from her home with a firearm before she was shot.
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Last update: November 22, 2024

https://www.opb.org/article/2024/11/11/waldport-oregon-police-shooting/
https://www.rightnoworegon.com/news/suspect-firing-rifle-in-waldport-killed-in-officer-involved-shooting/
https://kpic.com/news/local/man-shot-by-deputy-after-firing-rifle-in-lincoln-county-sheriffs-office-says

Lincoln City police were sent to a motel six in Lincoln city where a man and a woman were arguing. In the process of investigating this, police discovered that the man was wanted on felony warrants, and there was an allegedly stolen vehicle in the parking lot associated with a couple. State that he was noncompliant and “reached for his waistband” and they shot and killed him.

https://www.newportnewstimes.com/news/oregon-state-police-is-investigating-an-officer-involved-shooting-in-lincoln-county/article_c2986c1c-8ec4-11ef-99ba-bb5636796c2e.html

Portland police called to 52nd and Lambert for a man with a 22 caliber air rifle making threats. Police shot and killed him.

https://www.opb.org/article/2024/10/04/southeast-portland-police-shooting-man-pellet-rifle-dies/

Milwaukie PD traffic-stopped Hunter Newton reportedly refused to get out of his vehicle at a Taco Bell parking lot. Police alleged that he was driving with a suspended license and that they had to forcibly remove him from his vehicle during which time it was shot and killed. At least two bystanders who witnessed the fatal shooting dispute, the police narrative, and state that Newton had cooperated and gotten out of his vehicle with his hands up and appeared injured. The DA confirmed that he had been unarmed.

https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2024/10/21-year-old-man-shot-by-milwaukie-police-was-unarmed-da-says.html

A man reportedly struck a pedestrian and was located in a vehicle with a gun. Numerous law-enforcement agencies and SWAT escalated a standoff. They all alleged of the man fired shots at them. They killed him.

https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/linn-county-swat-team-shoots-kills-man-scio/283-7e2993d4-da91-4bf4-b197-bd7949b19892

https://www.yahoo.com/news/man-killed-linn-county-swat-000155096.html

A school bus converted to be an RV was parked illegally in the city of Lincoln. Police were called and some sort of disagreement and sued with a man inside of the school bus. Police claim that he fired shots at police and drove away. Police tracked him down and, the man fled and hid in a nearby home. He allegedly escaped to a roof after a fire was started. Police state that he held a rifle and they shot and killed him. It is unknown what started the fire in the home, SWAT incendiary devices or whether it was deliberately set.

https://www.kptv.com/2024/09/05/police-shoot-kill-man-wanted-after-standoff-gunfire-converted-bus-lincoln-city/

An unknown number of Beaverton PD officers allegedly tackled a man believed involved in a shoplifting episode at Nordstrom’s department store. A five-minute physical struggle between the man and several police officers in the parking lot and sued. Beaverton officers alleged that the man pulled a gun and fired it. Police shot and killed him.

https://www.kptv.com/2024/08/27/man-shot-killed-by-beaverton-police-near-washington-square-mall/

Michael Letendre was stopped by a loss prevention officer at a Safeway store for alleged shoplifting. The officer held him down and allegedly put pressure or body parts on his neck for a prolonged period of time. Michael Letendre died. He had been the sole provider to his family with several children.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-michaels-family-through-this-crisis?attribution_id=sl:fa0b00dd-07c8-45ad-9c1d-7eda75b4acdd&utm_campaign=man_sharesheet_dash_ai&utm_content=amp1v2&utm_medium=customer&utm_source=copy_link

Portland Police Bureau chased a vehicle involved in a street takeover until the vehicle crashed and rode over, killing the driver and passenger both.

https://katu.com/news/local/two-dead-one-hospitalized-after-ne-portland-chase-ends-in-crash-gresham-police-street-racing-takeover-multnomah-county

https://www.kptv.com/2024/08/06/men-killed-crash-during-portland-police-chase-identified/

Portland Police Bureau chased a vehicle involved in a street takeover until the vehicle crashed and rode over, killing the driver and passenger both.

https://katu.com/news/local/two-dead-one-hospitalized-after-ne-portland-chase-ends-in-crash-gresham-police-street-racing-takeover-multnomah-county

https://www.kptv.com/2024/08/06/men-killed-crash-during-portland-police-chase-identified/

Portland Police allegedly tried to traffic-stop a man who fled into Berryhill Park. Police pursued him and engaged in a shootout. The man died by suicide under police duress.

https://hoodline.com/2024/07/gunman-exchanges-fire-with-portland-police-before-fatal-self-inflicted-shot-in-berrydale-park/

Portland Police Bureau were called to an altercation on a street and arrived and shot and killed a man who had been involved.

https://www.kptv.com/video/2024/06/28/police-man-shot-killed-during-disturbance-se-portland/

PPD were chasing a stolen car until it crashed, killing Dylan Brasky and Jayden Rolon-Ekis, also critically injuring a third male. All 3 were students of the Ida B. Wells School. Jayden Rolon-Ekis had been an honor roll student.

https://www.kgw.com/article/news/crime/former-ida-b-wells-students-killed-car-crash/283-d3eb8d4e-6525-480a-b727-d64bc12db046

https://hoodline.com/2024/07/former-ida-b-wells-students-dead-in-stolen-vehicle-crash-following-police-chase-in-southeast-portland/
 

PPD were chasing a stolen car until it crashed, killing Dylan Brasky and Jayden Rolon-Ekis, also critically injuring a third male. All 3 were students of the Ida B. Wells School. Jayden Rolon-Ekis had been an honor roll student.

https://www.kgw.com/article/news/crime/former-ida-b-wells-students-killed-car-crash/283-d3eb8d4e-6525-480a-b727-d64bc12db046

https://hoodline.com/2024/07/former-ida-b-wells-students-dead-in-stolen-vehicle-crash-following-police-chase-in-southeast-portland/

PPD were chasing a stolen car until it crashed, killing Dylan Brasky and Jayden Rolon-Ekis, also critically injuring a third male. All 3 were students of the Ida B. Wells School.

https://www.kgw.com/article/news/crime/former-ida-b-wells-students-killed-car-crash/283-d3eb8d4e-6525-480a-b727-d64bc12db046

https://hoodline.com/2024/07/former-ida-b-wells-students-dead-in-stolen-vehicle-crash-following-police-chase-in-southeast-portland/

Wasco County Sheriff’s deputies tried to traffic-stop a vehicle for undisclosed reasons. The vehicle did not stop and police escalated a chase that ended at a gas station. Police shot and killed the man for undisclosed reasons. A police car was heavily damaged but police did not explain this.

https://www.kptv.com/2024/06/18/suspect-shot-killed-by-officers-after-pursuit-dalles/

https://columbiacommunityconnection.com/the-dalles/names-released-in-officer-involved-shooting-in-the-dalles

Oregon State Police pulled over Timothy Edward Wells for unknown reasons. Police are reported to have attacked Wells with a taser, also for undisclosed reasons. He reportedly reached for a weapon. Police shot and killed him.

https://kpic.com/news/local/lane-county-das-office-names-subject-in-officer-involved-shooting-following-traffic-stop

https://kval.com/news/local/eastbound-off-ramp-from-beltline-to-river-avenue-at-milepost-9-closed-in-eugene

Linn County deputies were called to a domestic violence situation, encountered Gino Marcoccia with a rifle outside of his house and shot and killed him.

https://www.kptv.com/2024/05/31/officers-shoot-kill-man-they-say-was-armed-with-rifle-linn-county/

https://www.kezi.com/news/man-dead-after-response-to-domestic-dispute-leads-to-officer-involved-shooting/article_ac1c8f78-1f79-11ef-8986-eb6ac4886e79.html

Portland Police Bureau were serving a search warrant for a man and shot and killed him.

https://www.kptv.com/video/2024/05/07/1-dead-after-officer-involved-shooting-se-portland/

Portland police arrived on SE. 124th Ave. with a search warrant for Richard Shawn Perez. Police alleged that he fired shots at them upon entry and they shot and killed him.

https://katu.com/news/local/portland-police-shoot-kill-man-in-hazelwood-neighborhood-while-serving-search-warrant-officer-involved-shooting#

https://www.opb.org/article/2024/05/07/portland-police-shoot-man-after-shots-fired-search-warrant/

Clackamas County deputies and Beaverton PD officers were sent to a domestic violence call where a man held a woman and 2 children hostage. After a lengthy standoff, the man let the family leave. Police entered the home and shot and killed him under unknown circumstances.

https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/deputy-police-officer-deadly-shooting-man-hostage-happy-valley/283-aba041c0-2e03-414f-a5a4-a996306d8c88

https://www.kgw.com/article/news/crime/man-fatally-shot-deputy-police-happy-valley-identified/283-33ce5437-690c-4c73-aa5c-8089cdfef535

Linn County deputies chased a vehicle, attacked it with spike strips and caused it to crash. Police shot and killed the driver under still unclear circumstances.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGwFHL6_Cwo

https://www.kptv.com/2024/04/29/osp-1-dead-1-hurt-after-police-chase-i-5-n-linn-co-ends-with-crash-officers-fire-guns/

https://ktvz.com/news/crime-courts/2024/04/28/coburg-shooting-leads-to-manhunt-i-5-pursuit-crash-and-officer-involved-shooting-1-killed-1-injured/

Gabriel Platz was allegedly driving recklessly, having caused several crashes, when police arrived and chased him. He allegedly produced a gun. Police shot and killed him.

https://www.bendbulletin.com/localstate/bend-police-officer-shoots-kills-driver-on-bend-parkway-after-crash/article_91a3b3a4-e754-11ee-897d-23b83ed79be6.html

Terry Douglas experienced a medical emergency while in custody and deputies rendered aid, which included the use of Narcan. He died during arrest.

https://www.cleveland19.com/2024/03/04/man-dies-custody-following-arrest-during-cuyahoga-county-sheriffs-office-traffic-stop

Portland police shot and killed Matthew Holland who had been firing bullets from a building. Officer Joshua Howery who killed him had previously killed Alexander Tadros in 2021.

https://www.koin.com/news/portland/1-dead-after-officer-involved-shooting-in-downtown-portland-apartment/

https://www.portlandoregon.gov/police/news/read.cfm?id=533280

https://www.koin.com/local/portland-apartment-shooting-suspect-killed-in-officer-involved-shooting-idd/

Previous Killing by Officer Howery:
https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2022/02/grand-jury-finds-no-criminal-wrongdoing-in-police-fatal-shooting-of-30-year-old-man-in-north-portland.html

Carlos Corona allegedly stabbed someone at a hotel in Gresham. Gresham Police Department shot and killed him.

https://www.kptv.com/2024/01/11/man-shot-killed-by-police-was-act-stabbing-gresham-motel-guest-police-say/

https://www.kptv.com/2024/01/17/police-name-gresham-stabbing-suspect-killed-by-officers/

PPB moved in to a mall to arrest a man who had open warrants and shot and killed him in the process.

https://www.portlandoregon.gov/police/news/read.cfm?id=523237

Portland Police Bureau chased a vehicle that stopped and a man shot and killed himself during the traffic stop. Police felt he was responsible for a double murder that had occurred earlier.

https://www.koin.com/local/multnomah-county/large-police-presence-responds-to-shooting-incident-in-east-multnomah-county/

Jean Descamps was being transported by police from the hospital to a mental health facility when he died in the police car from unknown causes.

https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/family-mourns-man-died-medical-transport-milwaukie-police/283-4409fac2-f265-4edb-8402-aa73479e9b77

Hillsboro PD were called because a man had violated a restraining order and gone near the apartment of a woman. Police shot and killed him. No more info is available at this time.

https://www.kgw.com/article/news/crime/hillsboro-police-shoot-kill-man-hostage-armed/283-686029ea-498b-4208-8228-6950fea9ec1e

Officers from Oregon State Police, Grants Pass PD and Josephine County deputies were looking for a man in connection to a homicide investigation and when they found him, an unknown number of officers ion these law enforcement agencies shot and killed him. No other details are known at the time of this writing.

https://www.koin.com/news/oregon/1-dead-in-grants-pass-officer-involved-shooting/

Portland Police Bureau officers were called for reports of a theft. PPB officers encountered a man allegedly “stealing electricity” from a nearby business, apparently using an outlet. It is unclear what this means but there is an RV encampment with unhoused community members in RVs and tents at the site which may have been plugged into the electric grid but details are still vague. Police arrived and state that “an altercation” occurred with a male in the encampment and police shot and killed him. Police specifically declined to answer the questions whether the man had been armed or threatened police somehow. Officer Justin Clary who killed Isaac Seavey had previously killed Billy Wayne Simms.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Kh8mWU2mto

https://www.foxcarolina.com/video/2023/12/07/officer-shoots-kills-man-suspected-stealing-electricity-ne-portland/

https://www.portlandoregon.gov/police/news/read.cfm?id=513196

Salem PD responded to a “shots fired” call, found a man shooting at vehicles. Police shot and killed him.

https://www.kptv.com/2023/11/24/officer-involved-shooting-salem-under-investigation-mcso/

An unnamed 80-year-old man walked into the vestibule of the Salem PD police station and allegedly committed suicide at 1 p.m. His identity and details of events remain unknown and will be updated here if this information becomes available.

https://www.salemreporter.com/2023/11/11/man-dies-by-suicide-in-salem-police-station-lobby-saturday/

Eugene PD tried to arrest a man on warrants who committed suicide under police duress when police appeared.

https://www.registerguard.com/story/news/crime/2023/11/08/man-wanted-deschutes-county-killed-himself-eugene-oregon/71497638007/

Eyewitnesses reported an argument, gunshots and finding a deceased man while another man fled. Police were sent and found the driver nearby who fled. Police escalated a chase and the vehicle crashed into two businesses on Commercial Street. The driver committed suicide under police duress.

https://www.salemreporter.com/2023/10/29/one-dead-in-shooting-another-dies-by-suicide-after-police-chase-in-south-salem/

Ashland PD chased a man accused of domestic violence until he crashed into a fire truck and died.

https://kcby.com/news/local/sheriff-domestic-violence-shooting-suspect-dead-after-crashing-into-responding-fire-truck

Portland Police Bureau chased a stolen Kia and put down spike strips, causing the Kia to slam into one of the police vehicles trying to crash the driver. Gilberth A Colli-Garma, the driver, was critically injured in the crash and died a month later from injuries.

https://www.portlandtribune.com/news/driver-dies-from-october-injuries-hitting-portland-police-vehicle/article_04813862-8bc8-11ee-b2de-8f9ea9dade97.html

Independence PD in Oregon initiated a high-risk car chase near Salem but has not disclosed why they escalated the chase that ended in the death of one person. Police allegedly tried to make a traffic stop on a car that did not stop for them. Police set up spike strips. The vehicle stopped and a man ran from the car, apparently trying to get into another vehicle when Independence PD caught up with him. Police allege that the man fired a shot at them, injuring an officer. They shot and killed him. The officer is expected to recover.

https://www.kptv.com/2023/10/01/police-shoot-kill-suspect-after-car-chase-near-salem-polk-county-deputy-2nd-suspect-injured/

https://www.polkio.com/news/deputy-injured-suspect-killed-in-shooting-incident-saturday/article_cb11ef04-60b6-11ee-a62c-0b40d9a45d7b.html

Oregon State Police received a call about a stolen car and located the vehicle. They shot and killed a man in the process. No more information has been released thus far.

https://www.opb.org/article/2023/09/14/lane-county-oregon-police-shooting-coburg/