BEAVERTON, Ore. (AP) - Authorities say police shot an armed man who made suicidal statements and shot at officers during a standoff in Beaverton.
Beaverton Police Department spokesman Jeremy Shaw says officers responded to the man, who was inside a vehicle, Wednesday morning.
Shaw says officers including those from a crisis team communicated with the man for more than two hours through text messages. He says the man was making suicidal statements and didn’t really want to talk to authorities.
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Shaw says the man fired at officers at around 1:45 p.m., and “an officer-involved shooting” followed. Shaw says the man was injured, treated on the scene and taken to a hospital.
Nearby schools were locked down during the incident.
No further details were released.
A major crimes team is investigating.
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