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Officers gather behind crime scene tape near the scene of apparent shooting in the Hillsdale area of Southwest Portland.

(Maxine Bernstein/The Oregonian)

Portland police dispatched nearly 30 patrol cars to the the Hillsdale area in Southwest Portland on reports of an officer-involved shooting Wednesday afternoon.

Early indications of a problem came at 3:53 p.m. when officers began responding to reports of a suspicious subject, vehicle or circumstance. A short time later, reports of a shooting between and officer and a suspect began to flow in.

Shortly after 5 p.m., police confirmed that one officer suffered non-life-threatening wounds in the incident and the suspect was shot and killed.

A witness heard an officer yell at a man to take his hands out of his pocket. He then said the officer fired five or six shots at the man and also saw the officer bleeding from the arm.

Homicide detectives and two mobile police precincts have arrived on the scene. KGW (8) is reporting that the suspect was shot in the head.

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A woman who works at the RE/MAX real estate office where the shooting took place said they were told there was a confrontation and a suspect fired at a police officer and the suspect was also shot.

She said people in the office did not hear or see the incident, however, only realizing something was going on when they saw about two dozen police cars swarm the area.

The area near

has been shut down and red crime-scene tape has been posted.

The Hillsdale Library manager said she didn't hear anything but said a police officer has asked for patrons to not use Southwest Dewitt Street when leaving the library.

More information will be published as it becomes available.

-- Maxine Bernstein