A violent knifepoint carjacking on Holgate Boulevard near S.E. 76th, on Tuesday, October 6, ended up with a massive police response a short time later on 85th Avenue in the Powellhurst-Gilbert neighborhood, where officers found a vehicle stopped sideways.
The southbound vehicle had been cut off and stopped by Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) Transit Police vehicles. A total of 21 law enforcement cruisers – including numerous Portland Police Bureau (PPB) District cars, and two K9 units – quickly arrived to assist.
MCSO Public Information Officer Deputy John Plock clarified the sequence of events: “The MCSO Transit Police Division call was an assist call on a PPB case. A Transit Police officer located a vehicle connected to a PPB robbery call in the Foster-Powell neighborhood that had been dispatched at 9:41 p.m.”…