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Thursday, January 26, 2012

Cops Single Gunshot Killed Bradley Morgan, Autopsy Finds

Posted by Denis C. Theriault on Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 12:14 PM

The Portland Police Bureau has released the early findings from this morning's autopsy of Bradley Lee Morgan, the 21-year-old despondent man who was shot at by a pair of police officers early Wednesday after calling 911 to to say he had just committed a robbery and was thinking of jumping from a downtown parking garage.

The officers who shot at Morgan—after police say he pointed what turned out to be a replica handgun at them—fired several times. But only one of those bullets hit and killed him, according to the state medical examiner's office.

Police have not reported how many shots were fired yet, keeping that information close while detectives prepare an investigation that will be turned over a Multnomah County grand jury for review. A diagram in this morning's Oregonian showed seven spent casings marked on the roof the SmartPark garage, with police reporting two more found away from the garage.

The bureau also identified the two officers: Sergeant John Holbrook, who's been with the bureau 15 years, and Officer David Scott, who has nine years of service in Portland. Both work the night shift at Central Precinct. They were talking to Morgan, waiting for Project Respond and specially trained negotiators to arrive and take over, in the moments before they shot him. Both are on paid leave, routine after an officer-involved shooting.

The O also tracked down Morgan's relatives, and their comments are worth a read. They paint a picture of despondent man struggling with domestic issues—and suicidal thoughts—for months.

 

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UGH... SUICIDE BY COP. I FEEL SORRY FOR THE OFFICERS AND FOR THE FAMILY OF BRADLEY MORGAN, AND JUST A LITTLE (BUT NOT VERY MUCH) FOR MORGAN.
Posted by Graham on January 26, 2012 at 12:21 PM · Report
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I read that bullets were recovered from an office and the sidewalk but were CASINGS really found elsewhere, too?
Posted by Carl on January 26, 2012 at 2:23 PM · Report
3
Just one single "one shot/one kill", eh? So much for that bold-faced lie from the police about a "firefight". How many more innocent citizens will be gunned down by the PPG before the year is up?
Posted by DamosA on January 26, 2012 at 3:31 PM · Report
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Cliffton, since you seem to be against governments murdering people, please explain your use of the image of a mass murderer for an avatar. "As you all know, I am a fucking idiot with no self-awareness" will suffice. Just copy and paste it from here.
Posted by ThoughtYou'dDisappear on January 26, 2012 at 3:53 PM · Report
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Sadly, it looks as though you've been completely hoodwinked by decades of Western lies about Gaddafi. Sure, he was a brute and dictator. Our current president is WORSE. Same goes for the asshole before him and the one before him and so-on.

Plus, many thousands of innocent civilians - including many darker-skinned Africans - were out-right murdered by the so-called "rebel fighters" who were backed by the U.N.
Posted by DamosA on January 26, 2012 at 8:12 PM · Report

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