Sunday morning got tense in Foster-Powell when Portland police fired bean-bag rounds at a man who had reportedly shown a gun along SE Powell Boulevard. Officers say they recovered a handgun and arrested a 33-year-old near SE 72nd Avenue.
How the encounter unfolded
Portland Police Bureau East Precinct officers were called out on a reported “threat-with-weapon” along SE Powell Boulevard and first contacted the man shortly before 11 a.m. The encounter stretched to roughly 45 minutes before it ended with officers taking him into custody near SE 72nd Avenue.
The bureau’s Enhanced Crisis Intervention Team tried to reach the man using de-escalation tactics during the encounter. As the arrest unfolded, officers used less-lethal bean-bag rounds, and…..