Below are a list of all persons shot and killed, shot and wounded, shot at and not killed, and killed by a conducted electrical weapon (CEW), also known as a Taser, in Oregon, in 2020, by state certified law enforcement.
No officers received discipline for any of these incidents from their employers. No county district attorneys filed charges. No officer was disciplined for any of these incidents by the state training and certification agency. As of February 5, 2021 we know of no lawsuits filed by a private attorney on behalf of any of these persons or their survivors.
The numbers for 2020 match prior recent years – they are average. Nine persons are of unknown race because no mention of race was made by the media, the family on social media, or by police; we assume these as white but list as unknown. Two people suicided while police guns were drawn on them. One, William Bluestone, after shooting himself was shot by police. We suspect more alcohol, more drugs, and more domestic violence would be listed in the clinical profiles with more research. Many – most – of the shootings involved a gun being pointed at or displayed toward police.
This list does not include shootings in crowd control situations, which could increase this list by a factor of ten or more. Though the Portland Police Bureau has received community criticism for police shootings in prior years, in 2020 there were just two shootings, both without wounding. No person of color has been shot and killed by Portland police since January 2019, when Andre Gladen, a Black and sight-disabled man with schizophrenia in a mental health crisis was shot and killed by PPB officer Consider Vosu.
The information below comes from public records, but culled from several sources and not available elsewhere online. If you know how we can make this list more accurate, let us know by posting below.
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Sex | Race | Outcome | Weapon | Clinical Profile |
33 male | Native American – 2 | CEW – death – 1 | Had a weapon of some sort – 29 | Drugs – 5 |
2 female | Mixed – 2 | DIC – 1 | No weapon – 4 | Alcohol – 6 |
Unknown – 9 | Shot & killed – 16 | Unknown – 2 | Suspected drugs – 1 | |
Hispanic – 2 | Shot & wounded – 11 | Domestic violence – 2 | ||
White – 21 | Shot at & not hit – 4 | Mental health crisis – 4 | ||
Suicided – 2 | Mental illness – 2 | |||
Unknown – 15 |
NAME | DATE | AGE | RACE | SEX | DEPARTMENT | OUTCOME | WEAPON | CLINICAL |
Stanley Hayes | 1/1/2020 | 69 | unknown | male | Hillsboro PD | shot & killed | gun | mental illness |
Teddy Varner | 1/1/20 | 29 | white | male | Jackson CSO | shot & killed | gun | alcohol |
William Bluestone | 2/14/20 | 21 | NA | male | Silverton PD | suicided | gun | unknown |
Stacy Clark | 2/24/20 | 45 | unknown | male | Umatilla CSO & Milton-Freewater PD | shot & wounded | gun | unknown |
Danielle Bower | 3/9/20 | 29 | white | female | Bend PD | shot & wounded | no | alcohol |
Chase Brooks | 3/14/20 | 32 | white | male | Springfield PD | shot & killed | tire iron | mental health crisis |
William Floyd | 3/26/20 | 51 | white | male | OSP | shot & killed | gun | alcohol |
David Xanatos | 4/2/20 | 40 | white | male | Lincoln City PD | shot & killed | knife | unknown |
Matthew Goff | 4/10/20 | NA | white | male | Klamath CSO & OSP | shot & killed | gun | alcohol |
Timothy Barker | 4/11/2020 | NA | white | male | CCSO | shot & killed | gun | alcohol |
Scott Gardner | 4/13/20 | 53 | white | male | Eugene PD | shot & wounded | gun | alcohol |
Alexander Jiminez | 4/17/20 | 34 | mixed race | male | Warrenton PD | DIC | no | drugs |
Macklin Kalama | 5/3/20 | 43 | NA | male | Warm Springs | shot & wounded | gun | unknown |
Grayson Morris | 5/14/20 | 26 | white | male | OSP | shot & wounded | gun | unknown |
Anthony Whitehead | 5/29/2020 | 26 | unknown | male | WCSO | shot & killed | knife | unknown |
Israel Berry | 6/2/2020 | 49 | white | male | Gresham PD | shot & killed | no | unknown |
Gray Stockton | 6/28/2020 | 28 | white | male | PPB | shot at – not hit | no | unknown |
Doug Diamond | 7/16/2020 | 56 | white | male | Sandy PD | shot & killed | gun | mental health crisis |
Terril Boss | 7/21/20 | 35 | white | male | Jackson CSO | shot & wounded | gun | drugs |
Robert Woodside | 8/9/20 | 51 | white | male | Milwaukie PD | shot & wounded | knife | suspected drugs |
Abe McCarthy | 9/5/20 | 30 | white | male | Oregon City PD | shot at – not hit | vehicle | unknown |
Terry Dickson | 9/12/20 | NA | white | male | Lakeview CSO | shot & killed | gun | mental illness |
Jonny James | 9/16/20 | 29 | white | male | Grants Pass PD | shot & wounded | tool | mental health crisis |
Joseph Jacobs | 9/16/2020 | NA | unknown | male | Gresham PD | shot & wounded | gun | unknown |
Breck Carter | 9/27/2020 | 39 | white | male | WSCO | shot at – not hit | gun | unknown |
Jose Lopez-Tinoco | 9/28/20 | 34 | Hispanic | male | Marion CSO | shot/suicided | gun | domestic violence |
James Marshall | 10/8/2020 | 44 | white | male | Forest Grove PD | CEW – death | flag pole | drugs |
Rodolfo Martinez-Cortez | 10/29/20 | 39 | Hispanic | male | Salem PD | shot & killed | gun | drugs |
John Dehoney | 11/27/2020 | NA | unknown | male | CCSO | shot & killed | unknown | unknown |
Muhsin Sharif | 11/30/20 | 26 | mixed race | male | Eugene PD | shot & wounded | knife | domestic violence |
Donald Guest | 12/7/20 | 56 | unknown | male | Grants Pass PD & OSP (7 total) | shot & killed | gun | mental health crisis |
Jonathan Crowley | 12/7/2020 | 30 | unknown | male | US Marshal | shot & wounded | vehicle | unknown |
Brad Masters | 12/8/20 | 27 | white | male | Linn CSO & OSP (4 total) | shot & killed | yes – BB gun | drugs |
David Dahlen | 12/24/20 | 24 | white | male | PPB | shot at – not hit | vehicle | unknown |
Alaina Burns | 12/28/20 | 31 | unknown | female | Clatsop CSO | shot & killed | gun | unknown |