The suspect involved in a Special Emergency Reaction Team and Crisis Negotiation Team call-out has been identified as 27-year-old Gabriel J. Sandoval.
This incident started at 11:23 a.m. on Wednesday, April 18, 2018 in the 5500 block of Northeast 55th Avenue when North Precinct officers responded to a community member's request to perform a welfare check. The incident concluded at 5:33 p.m., today when Sandoval was taken into custody by members of the Special Emergency Reaction Team.
Sandoval was lodged at the Multnomah County Jail for warrants related to charges of Failing to Perform the Duties of a Driver Causing Injury, Felon in Possession of a Firearm, Interfering with a Police Officer, Attempt Burglary in the Second Degree, and Robbery.
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The suspect who fled from North Precinct officers and barricaded himself in an apartment at the Villas de Mariposas North, located at 5205 Northeast Killingsworth Street, has been taken into custody.
SERT and CNT have taken a wanted suspect into custody. Members of SERT and CNT worked for approximately four and one-quarter hours to safely apprehend this suspect.
Community members impacted by this search are able to return to their homes at this time.
Traffic in the area of Northeast Killingsworth Street and Northeast 52nd Avenue may be impacted for the next 30 minutes as equipment is moved from the area.
Students attending Trinity Lutheran Church School and Albina Head Start on Northeast Killingsworth Street have been connected with their parents and guardians.
The suspect's identity will be released once he is lodged at the Multnomah County Jail.
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Members of the Special Emergency Reaction Team (SERT) and Crisis Negotiation Team (CNT) are continuing to attempt to locate and take into custody a suspect who has multiple felony warrants and is believed to be armed.
This incident started on Wednesday, April 18, 2018, at 11:23 a.m., when North Precinct officers responded to the request to perform a welfare check at a residence in the 5500 block of Northeast 55th Avenue.
When officers arrived at the location and attempted to contact occupants of the residence, a male ran from the location. Officers learned the male who ran from the location had multiple warrants for his arrest and may be armed. During the initial investigation, officers established a perimeter around the neighborhood and continued to gather information. Additional officers searched the residence and performed a welfare check; it was determined there were no injured persons inside the apartment.
As officers continued to search for the suspect, officers learned he likely entered and was hiding in an apartment in the 5200 block of Northeast Killingsworth Street. Members of Crisis Negotiation Team and Special Emergency Reaction Team responded to the location to attempt to take the suspect into custody. Negotiators with the Crisis Negotiation Team are attempting to contact and negotiate with the suspect who is believed to be inside.
Officers are assisting some residents of the Villas de Mariposas North, located at 5205 Northeast Killingsworth Street.
During the incident, community members should stay away from the immediate area. Northeast Killingsworth Street remains closed between Southeast 52nd Avenue and Southeast 55th Avenue.
Parents and guardians who are picking up their children because of the end of the school day at Trinity Lutheran Church should come to the south side of the school. Parents and guardians should drive east on Northeast Emerson Street from Northeast 52nd Avenue. The gate to the parking lot has been opened and students may be picked up on the south side of Trinity Lutheran Church.
Albina Head Start, located at 5249 Northeast Killingsworth Street, will remain on lockout at this time. Students will not be released from the location while this incident is occurring.
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The Portland Police Bureau's Special Emergency Reaction Team (SERT) and Crisis Negotiation Team (CNT) are responding to the area of the 5500 block of Northeast 55th Avenue to assist officers with a neighborhood search for a wanted and possibly armed suspect.
The area affected by this police incident is between Northeast 49th Avenue to Northeast 52nd Avenue from Northeast Killingsworth Street to Northeast Church Street. Community members should stay away from the area during this incident.
Northeast Killingsworth Street is closed from Northeast 49th Avenue to Northeast 52nd Avenue.
Albina Head Start and Trinity Lutheran School have been placed on lock-down during the neighborhood search.
The Public Information Officer (PIO) is responding to the scene and will provide updates when they become available. At this time interested media should stage near the intersection of Northeast 57th Avenue and Northeast Killingsworth Street.
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