Portland cop placed on leave after failing to report that someone shot at him off-duty

A Portland police officer is under internal investigation after fleeing an off-duty shooting in Hood River in January without reporting it.

Diego Ortiz Hernandez never called 911 or contacted local police.

He also never informed his supervisors about the violent confrontation – until Hood River homicide investigators showed up at the Portland Police Bureau to interview him, according to the videotaped interview obtained by The Oregonian/OregonLive…

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