PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — A Multnomah County grand jury has found that a Portland police officer was justified in shooting and killing a man late last year who police said was armed with a pellet gun and a knife, the district attorney’s office said Monday.
Officer Andrew Young killed 28-year-old Nicholas G. Thorn of Portland on Oct. 4, 2024.
Police officers were sent to an apartment building in the 5200 block of Southeast Lambert Street at 12:33 a.m. that day after callers reported a man with a rifle was yelling and making threats…