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Shawn Michael Roy Montoya

Age : 32

Gender : Male

Race : White

Date : 06/16/2021

Location : Vose neighborhood

City : Beaverton

County : Washington

State : Oregon

Agency : Beaverton Police Department

Officer(s) :Erik Faulkner

Cause of Death : Suicide

Event : Suicide under police duress during attempted arrest

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

On 06/16/2021, Shawn Michael Roy Montoya, 32, of Hermiston, died after a Beaverton Police Department officer attempted to arrest him in Beaverton’s Vose neighborhood. Police were pursuing Montoya on foot in connection with a reported burglary.

According to Beaverton police, Montoya produced a handgun during the attempted arrest. Police alleged that Montoya fired the weapon and sustained a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head at approximately the same time Officer Erik Faulkner fired his service weapon. Faulkner’s gunfire struck Montoya in the torso.

Officers provided emergency medical aid after the gunfire. Montoya was transported to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Police reported that Montoya had both the self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head and the police gunshot wound to the torso.

The Washington County Major Crimes Team investigated the encounter. Beaverton Police subsequently identified Erik Faulkner as the officer who fired at Montoya. Faulkner was assigned to patrol at the time of the shooting.

Contemporary reporting described Montoya’s fatal injury as the self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head while separately documenting Faulkner’s gunshot wound to his torso. The death is therefore classified as suicide under police duress because Montoya fatally shot himself while police were actively pursuing and attempting to arrest him.

OFFICER BACKGROUND:
Erik Faulkner was publicly identified as the Beaverton Police Department officer who shot Montoya in the torso during the encounter.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.opb.org/article/2021/06/21/beaverton-police-officer-erik-faulkner-deadly-shooting/
https://katu.com/news/local/beaverton-burglary-suspect-dies-after-shooting
https://katu.com/news/local/police-identify-beaverton-officer-involved-in-deadly-shooting-of-burglary-suspect
https://beavertonvalleytimes.com/2021/06/21/beaverton-police-name-officer-involved-in-shooting-death/