The death of a West Linn man electrocuted last week after he climbed a Southeast Portland utility pole was ruled a suicide by the Oregon State Medical Examiner's Office.

Kelton M. Kennedy, 27, had a history of "documented mental health crisis," according to Portland police.

Officers found Kennedy last Wednesday evening dangling about halfway up the pole near Southeast 122nd Avenue and Stark Street. Witnesses said he had been pulled at power lines . Kennedy died at the scene.

— Everton Bailey Jr.