News Release from: Oregon State Police
PENDLETON OFFICER-INVOLVED SHOOTING UNDER INVESTIGATION
Posted: December 6th, 2012 2:55 PM
For Immediate Release - December 6, 2012
From Daniel Primus
Umatilla County District Attorney
At 4:00 a.m., December 6, 2012, the Pendleton SWAT team, in conjunction with the Blue
Mountain Enforcement Narcotics Team, executed a search warrant on a residence located at 411
Northwest 8th Street, in Pendleton. As the warrant was being executed, an officer with the
Pendleton Police Department was confronted by one of the occupants of the home who was
brandishing a weapon. The officer responded by discharging his firearm. Once the threat posed
by the occupant was thus minimized, officers on scene provided medical assistance to the
individual who was first taken by ambulance to St. Anthony's Hospital in Pendleton, Oregon and
then flown to Kadlec Hospital. The individual is currently in stable condition.
The Umatilla/Morrow Major Crimes Team is investigating the shooting. The Oregon State
Police in cooperation with the Umatilla County District Attorney's Office is leading the
investigation. The Umatilla/Morrow Major Crimes Team is an inter-agency team of
investigators from law enforcement agencies in the two counties.
Per Pendleton Police Departmental policy and Umatilla County Deadly Physical Force protocols,
the involved officer has been placed on paid administrative leave pending the outcome of the
ongoing investigation.
Any further inquiry into the facts/circumstances of the described incident shall be referred to the
Umatilla County District Attorney's Office. The Pendleton Police Department will not be
releasing any additional information.
For other questions contact:
Daniel Primus, 541-278-6270
District Attorney for Umatilla County
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