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Portland police kill knife-wielding man

The Columbian
Published: January 3, 2011, 12:00am

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Authorities say Portland police shot and killed a 60-year-old man who was advancing toward them with a knife and refused to drop it.

Police say the officers responded to a security guard’s complaint at a business Sunday of a man threatening to kill him.

Officers spotted the suspect at a closed car wash and he began advancing toward them with a knife.

Authorities say the two officers ordered him to drop the knife. When he refused one of them fire a stun gun, which was ineffective. Both officer fired their pistols when the man continued to advance.

Paramedics declared the suspect dead at the scene.

The officers were place on leave pending an investigation.

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