PORTLAND, Ore. ( KOIN ) — Milwaukie Police Department officers conducting a traffic stop in the parking lot of a Taco Bell on Monday shot an unarmed suspect, who is now in critical condition, authorities said on Wednesday.
On Sept. 30, just before 1 a.m., two officers conducted the stop at the fast food restaurant at 11000 SE Oak Street in Milwaukie, according to the Clackamas District Attorney’s Office.
The suspect, identified on Wednesday as 21-year-old Hunter Newton, was accused of “driving with a misdemeanor suspended license,” the DA’s office said in a release.
Newton was the driver and only person in the car, officials said.
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“Officers directed Newton to exit his vehicle, and he refused. Despite orders to exit and efforts to remove Newton from the car he continued to refuse and resisted removal. During the effort to pull Newton from the car the officers fired their duty pistols, striking Newton,” the DA’s office said. “Newton was not armed. The investigation is ongoing to determine the chain of events that led the officers to use their firearms.”