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Portland police at officer-involved shooting

The Columbian
Published: December 28, 2010, 12:00am

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Police say they’re responding to an officer-involved shooting in southwest Portland.

Neighbor Danette Hughes tells The Oregonian she saw a man lying in the street after she heard gunshots Monday evening. She says the man was moving.

An AMR ambulance spokesman says one man was taken to Oregon Health & Sciences University. The man’s condition was not immediately known.

Portland police spokesman Sgt. Pete Simpson tells KGW-TV that no officers were hit by gunfire.

Dispatch records show police responded to a disturbance call at a home shortly after 5 p.m.

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