A Portland police officer fatally shot a man Sunday at a Southeast Portland home after the landlord reported a stranger who appeared to be homeless and suffering from a mental illness lying on a tenant’s door stoop.

An East Precinct Officer responded about 2 p.m. to a report of an “unwanted person” at the home in the 9600 block of Southeast Market Street, said police spokesman Sgt. Chris Burley. The man wouldn’t leave the property.

The officer requested backup, then soon reported “shots fired” and that he had discharged his gun and the man was injured, Burley said.

The man was taken by ambulance to a local hospital, where he was declared dead, Burley said.

⁦@PPBPIO⁩ speaks about officer-involved shooting. “Unwanted person” at home shot by responding officer. Man declared dead at hospital. ⁦@Oregonian⁩ pic.twitter.com/mRCCQpPyER — Fedor Zarkhin (@FedorZarkhin) January 7, 2019

He didn’t identify the man or the officer involved. The officer has been placed on administrative leave under standard police policy and will be identified within 24 hours, Burley said. Police will identify the dead man after an autopsy is completed and relatives are notified, he said.

No police or other residents were injured in the shooting, he said.

The owner of the property, Lidiya Omelchenko, said she called police when she saw a man in his mid- to-late-40s lying down in front of the house, which she leases. She didn’t recognize the man, she said, and thought he might live on the streets or was experiencing a mental health crisis.

Omelchenko waited for an officer to arrive, pointed to the man, then went into her nearby house.

“I thought I should call the police, they could help him, find him an apartment, a place to sleep,” she said.

About 10 minutes later, she heard a single “pop,” Omelchenko said.

When she came out, the man was being carried out of the house with a sheet over him, she said. An officer later told her that the man went into the house when the responding officer approached, Omelchenko said.

She said the man appeared to be African American.

Omlechenko expressed dismay at the man’s death.

Portland police have faced criticism in the last two years for officer shootings of black men, including Patrick Kimmons, 27, last year in downtown Portland and Quanice Hayes, 17, in Northeast Portland in 2017. Grand juries ruled both police shootings justified. The Police Bureau also is under a federal settlement reached after an U.S. Justice Department investigation found officers often used excessive force against people with mental illness.

On Sunday, Police Chief Danielle Outlaw and Mayor Ted Wheeler came to the scene of the shooting. Wheeler declined comment.

Outlaw later released a statement saying, “As with all officer-involved shootings, we are committed to a full investigation. A loss of life impacts us all and I know we all immediately search for answers. I ask for patience as we continue our investigative process and then release information as soon as it is appropriate.”

Police didn’t give further details of what prompted the shooting, how many times the man was shot or if he had any weapon.

It was the second fatal officer-involved shooting of the weekend in the metro area. Early Saturday, a Milwaukie man died after exchanging gunfire with Clackamas County sheriff’s deputies near Oak Grove Methodist Church.

In 2018, Portland police shot and killed three people and wounded two others in confrontations.

Police asked anyone with information about Sunday’s shooting to contact homicide Detective Erik Kammerer at 503-823-0762 or Erik.Kammerer@portlandoregon.gov or Detective Mark Slater at 503-823-9319 or Mark.Slater@portlandoregon.gov.

-- Fedor Zarkhin