PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Portland Police Chief Rosie Sizer says an officer who was attempting to help a man who had set himself on fire accidentally sprayed him with pepper spray.
Sizer says the officer spotted the man in flames Wednesday in downtown Portland and hurried to get a fire extinguisher from the trunk of her patrol car. Instead, Sizer says, she accidentally grabbed a large can of pepper spray, colored red like an extinguisher. Portland fire officials say the nonflammable spray had no additional effect on the man.
The man, identified as 26-year-old Daniel Shaull of Dodge City, Kan., died at a hospital later Wednesday. His father, Warren Shaull, told The Oregonian that his son had psychiatric problems and was living on the streets.
___
Information from: The Oregonian, http://www.oregonlive.com