Man fatally shot by Oregon police after seizing helicopter
Source: Washington Post
PORTLAND, Ore. — A man was fatally shot by police Monday after seizing a helicopter at gunpoint near Portland, Oregon, the authorities said.
The man, who was not been identified, hopped a fence at Hillsboro Airport and then approached a flight instructor and a student who were inside a helicopter that was warming up, Hillsboro police Lt. Henry Reimann said.
The man ordered them to get out, firing at least one round during the encounter. The shot, and maybe a second misfire, were directed away from the victims, Reimann said.
The man got into the helicopter, but officers arrived before he could take off, Reimann said. “He jumps out the helicopter and starts running, runs across the street, and we engage him out in a field,” he said.
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