East Precinct officers converged on an Inner Southeast Portland apartment complex on Monday, the last day of August, just after 6 p.m., after receiving a tip about an “armed threat” there.
Over the period of just 12 minutes, eight police cruisers rolled into the parking lot of the Barrington Square apartments, at 7123 S.E. Powell. The complex is just east of the 7-Eleven store at the corner of Powell and 71st.
Officers moved through the parking lot and into the rear of one building, out of public view. A female Portland Police Enhanced Crisis Intervention Team officer also worked the call. At one point, a woman in the parking lot was handcuffed; officers later removed her restraints and released her at the scene…