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Gresham, Ore.— On May 17 at approximately 2350 hours, officers were dispatched to the report of a male prowling vehicles in SE Gresham. Officers located the suspect vehicle minutes later near SW Butler Rd. and SE Regner Rd. They attempted to stop the vehicle which immediately fled westbound on SW Butler Rd. Officers did not pursue. They located the vehicle again driving normally on SW Butler Rd. near SE 190th Dr. Officers attempted to stop the vehicle once again and it fled northbound on SE 190th Dr. Officers did not pursue. Minutes later it was located crashed on SW Pleasant View Dr. Officers attempted to contact the driver who exited the vehicle with a hatchet and charged at them. Two officers fired their duty weapons at the suspect who died at the scene.
The suspect is identified as 24-year-old Dmitri Bullard of Gresham. Bullard had recently moved to Gresham from Farmington, Utah.
The involved officers are identified as Joshua Price, who has been employed with Gresham Police for one year. Price was previously employed as a police officer for another Portland Metro agency. The other officer is Brendon Hayes who has been employed with Gresham Police for two years.
This is an ongoing investigation and no further information is available at this time. Anyone who has information about the incident or about Bullard is asked to call the Gresham Police at 503.618.2719.