PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A family argument that resulted in an exchange of gunfire in a Portland neighborhood has ended with the death of an Oregon man.
Police Chief Mike Reese says 46-year-old Craig Boehler fired as many as 25 shots at police from a house early Tuesday before a fire started and an officer shot into the house. When the fire was extinguished, police say Boehler was found dead with a weapon and an inert hand grenade nearby. Police say it’s unclear how he died. An autopsy was planned.
Police responded to the house after a 911 call from a 76-year-old man who reported that his stepson and stepdaughter were fighting and he had accidentally shot his stepson, Boehler. Reese says officers entered the home as they were being fired upon and rescued the man’s wife and stepdaughter. The Oregonian says officers also fired tear gas into the house.
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Information from: The Oregonian, http://www.oregonlive.com
