PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A grand jury has determined two Oregon police officers were justified in fatally shooting a man who was holding a woman at knifepoint.
KPTV reported Tuesday that Portland Police Bureau Sgt. James Mooney and Officer Michael Gonzalez killed 42-year-old Jeb Collin Brock on April 29.
The Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office says the grand jury determined the deadly force was “a lawful act of self-defense and/or defense of a third person.”
Authorities say a third officer used nonlethal force against Brock when police responded to a report of a stabbing at a Portland home.
Police say four stabbing victims were transported to a hospital.
A 1-year-old child who was in the room during the shooting was later reunited with the mother.
Investigators have not revealed a motive for the stabbings.
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Information from: KPTV-TV, http://www.kptv.com/
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