Folks out shopping in Woodstock on Wednesday, May 28, around 6 p.m. were startled and alarmed as they watched a man acting wildly on S.E. Woodstock Boulevard at 44th Avenue – standing in the street and screaming, blocking traffic, and throwing garbage at passing cars.
Portland Police Bureau (PPB) officers, while enroute to the location, received an update via radio that the man had now barged into the Papa Murphy’s pizza shop – and was threatening employees, rushing at them behind the service counter, and causing significant damage. The store manager scooted the employees out of the store safely and locked the door, effectively trapping the man inside.
The plan to rush the man inside the store was foiled when the man ran out of the back kitchen area with two large kitchen knives, and rushed at the officers – who backed off, and again locked the door behind them…