The person who died following a shootout with police in Southeast Portland this week was going through state and federal legal costs on the time of his dying, information present.
Portland police had been investigating an alleged theft Monday morning after they served a search warrant at a home within the 100 block of Southeast 124th Avenue. A number of individuals got here out of the home, based on neighbors, and police mentioned they arrested two individuals on the scene.
One man — 45-year-old Richard Perez — shot at police, who shot again. Officers’ gunfire hit Perez, and he died, police mentioned. All 4 officers concerned have been placed on commonplace go away.
Courtroom information present Perez had a legal historical past relationship again to when he was 18, when he pleaded responsible to driving with a revoked license. He has subsequently been convicted or pleaded responsible to theft, unauthorized use of a car, fleeing from a police officer, felon in possession of a firearm, housebreaking and supply of methamphetamine.
When he died, Perez was going through 13 state costs, six of which had been costs of reckless endangerment, court docket information present. He additionally confronted 4 federal costs, together with three associated to drug trafficking.
— Fedor Zarkhin is a breaking information and enterprise reporter with a deal with crime. Attain him at 971-373-2905; fzarkhin@oregonian.
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