PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A Portland police spokeswoman says gunfire that left one man dead and a police officer wounded began with a traffic stop Wednesday evening in northeast Portland near Lloyd Center.
Detective Mary Wheat says a man inside the stopped car pulled out a handgun and shot one officer. She says police returned fire, fatally shooting one person.
She refused to say whether anyone else was in the car or whether police were looking for anyone connected to the shooting.
The Oregonian reports the officer was shot in the leg. Wheat confirmed the officer’s injuries were not life-threatening.
