PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - The Latest on a Portland grand jury finding an officer-involved shooting was justified (all times local):
7:05 p.m.
A man arrested on suspicion of fourth-degree assault and other charges after police say he drove into a demonstration and struck a person blocking a Portland street says the man jumped in front of his truck.
The driver, Mark A. Dickerson, told The Associated Press Wednesday evening that he had business at the courthouse and was trying to park when a man jumped in front of his vehicle.
The protester was not injured.
The people demonstrating were family members of 27-year-old Patrick Kimmons who police shot to death last month.
The protest followed a grand jury finding that the two Portland Police Bureau officers were justified in shooting Kimmons.
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4:40 p.m.
Police have arrested a man who they say struck a protester when he drove into a demonstration blocking a street in downtown Portland.
The people demonstrating Wednesday were family members of Patrick Kimmons, a 27-year-old man who was fatally shot by police last month.
The protest followed a grand jury finding that the two Portland Police Bureau officers were justified in shooting Kimmons.
The driver, Mark A. Dickerson, was arrested on suspicion of fourth-degree assault, reckless endangerment and reckless driving.
He did not return a phone message.
The protester was not injured.
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1:14 p.m.
A grand jury has found two Portland police officers were justified when they fatally shot a 27-year-old man last month.
A small protest including family members of the man killed broke out after the grand jury’s decision was announced Wednesday.
Investigative files made public Wednesday show Patrick Kimmons was shot nine times on Sept. 30.
Police say Sgt. Garry Britt and Officer Jeffrey Livingston were patrolling downtown when they heard gunshots.
Police say Kimmons had shot and seriously injured two people who were fighting and approached the officers with a gun in his hand when they opened fire.
Britt and Livingston fired at Kimmons a combined 12 times.
He was pronounced dead at a hospital.
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