UPDATE: Man shot, killed by police after domestic violence incident identified

A woman screamed for help inside a car in a secluded Gresham neighborhood Tuesday morning, moments before officers shot and killed a man they say was forcibly detaining her, police said.

The shooting occurred just after 3 a.m. in the 18700 block of Southeast Grant Street, but 911 calls originated about 14 blocks to the north, according to Officer John Rasmussen, a Gresham police spokesman.

Multiple witnesses first reported seeing an ongoing assault between a man and woman at an apartment complex in the 800 block of Southeast 190th Avenue. The woman screamed for help and was forced into a car against her will, callers told police.

Minutes later, more 911 callers reported seeing a woman screaming and banging from inside a car on Grant, a cul-de-sac that intersects with 190th, police said.

"I don't know that they have any connection to either area," Rasmussen said when asked if the man or woman lived at either location.

When officers arrived at Grant, they encountered the 22-year-old man in the street, where he was shot.

Rasmussen declined to provide details about the confrontation, including whether the man was armed or why police used deadly force. He said detectives are looking for witnesses, and that releasing details could taint the search.

"I don't know where she was in relation to him," Rasmussen said. "I have not been told what weapons he had. That's all what's being investigated."

The woman's condition is unknown, and detectives haven't identified those at the scene, police said. The two officers directly involved in the shooting were placed on paid leave during the initial phases of the investigation, a standard practice.

Natalie Scribner, a neighbor who lives on Southeast 189th Avenue, said she believes she heard the commotion while she was half asleep overnight.

She didn't think much about it. She's never had to worry about safety in her neighborhood. At worst, she said, she hears drag racing Friday nights on Northwest Division Street to the south of her home.

Police don't often visit that cluster of homes off the Grant cul-de-saq.

"I've responded there maybe twice in 11 years," Rasmussen said.

Detectives ask anyone who has information about the confrontation and shooting to call the Gresham Police tip line at 503-618-2719.

-- Tony Hernandez

thernandez@oregonian.com

503-294-5928

@tonyhreports