Date: November 5, 2025
Suspect: Robert D. Hatley
Bureau Members: Officers Bradley Clark and Roger Walsh
On Wednesday, November 5, 2025, at 9:42 p.m., Portland Police officers assigned to North Precinct responded to the 400 block of Northeast Hassalo Street on multiple reports of a man seen without clothing running around holding a handgun. When officers arrived, the man was no longer there, but they did an area check, locating him near Northeast Grand Avenue and Northeast Multnomah Street. Officers reported hearing a shot fired, and the suspect began running southbound on Northeast Grand Avenue with a gun.
An officer used his police vehicle to strike the armed man, knocking him down and causing him to drop the gun. The man got up and continued running south, where he was challenged by officers on Northeast Holladay Street just east of Northeast Grand Avenue. He was uncooperative with commands and officers successfully used a conducted electrical weapon (Taser) to control him and take him into custody. The suspect, identified as Robert D. Hatley, 43, of Portland, was transported to the hospital by ambulance with non-life threatening injuries. On November 6, he was transported to the Multnomah County Detention Center and charged with Unlawful Use of a Weapon and Felon in Possession of a Firearm.
Based on the reported level of force used by an officer in this incident, consistent with PPB policy, members of the Portland Police Bureau Detective Division's Homicide Unit, assisted by the East County Major Crimes Team, responded to perform an investigation into the incident. There were no reports that any officer discharged a firearm during this incident.
The officer driving the police vehicle that struck Hatley had a partner officer in the vehicle with him at the time, so at this time both officers are on paid administrative leave, standard protocol in police use of deadly force investigations.
On November 19, 2025, PPB released the body-worn camera footage associated with this case.
As part of the use of force review process, the Bureau conducts an internal review of the entire incident and the case will go before the Police Review Board (PRB), which is composed of community members, Bureau members and representatives from the Independent Police Review Division.
The Portland Police Bureau directive outlining the procedures followed after an in-custody death is Directive 1010.10
