5/30/2024
Portland, OR. – Official Release:
The sex crimes suspect injured in a shots fired incident in the Russell Neighborhood has been identified as Patrick W. Myers, 44, of Portland. Myers is in police custody in a local hospital. After he is treated for his injuries, he will be booked into the Multnomah County Detention Center.
The Portland Police Bureau would like to provide the community with a more comprehensive timeline of Wednesday’s incident.
4:06 a.m. PPB’s Internet Crimes Against Children Unit, with assistance from the Special Emergency Reaction Team (SERT) and the Crisis Negotiation Team (CNT), begin the servicing of a search warrant
4:19 a.m. CNT begins more than an hour of communication with Myers in an effort to encourage him to surrender
6:06 a.m. Myers ends communication with CNT
6:08 a.m. Myers exits the home armed with a rifle and he is shot by a SERT member
6:14 a.m. Myers is taken into custody
6:15 a.m. A medic assigned to SERT begins rendering aid
6:25 a.m. Myers is transported to a local hospital
PPB’s Homicide Unit, along with the Forensic Evidence Division (FED) and others, responded to the scene to launch an investigation that is ongoing.
Additional information will be released when appropriate.
Anyone with information about the case, who has not yet spoken to investigators, is urged to contact Detective Stephen Gandy at stephen.gandy@police.portlandoregon.gov 503 823-0449 or Detective Jeffery Pontius at jeffery.pontius@police.portlandoregon.gov 503-823-0433 and reference case number 24-680356.
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