Portland, Oregon police faced riots Friday night after authorities said groups of protesters broke windows and robbed shops during protests that began during the day when police shot dead a man after allegations that there was an armed person.
The vandalism in the center occurred as a result of the man’s death on Friday morning, but was part of the vigils and demonstrations planned for the night on behalf of other people killed by police in different parts. of country. Among them were 13-year-old Adam Toledo in Chicago and Daunte Wright, a black man fatally shot in a Minneapolis suburb.
Police Deputy Chief Chris Davis told reporters that a white man in his 30s was shot dead by police. Officers fired pistols and weapons firing non-lethal projectiles.
The man was pronounced dead at the scene, Lents Park, in a residential neighborhood.
Two officers fired non-lethal projectiles and one fired a pistol, police said. The agent is under administrative suspension and his name will be announced later, authorities said.
Davis did not know if the man who died had pointed a gun at officers. A witness told reporters at the scene that the man, who had taken off his shirt and blocked an intersection, appeared to be suffering from a mental crisis, The Oregonian / OregonLive reported.
The police investigation was hampered by a “sizeable crowd of fairly aggressive people” who concentrated in the park two hours after the events.