Date: October 4, 2024
Suspect: Nicholas G. Thorn, 28
Bureau Member: Officer Andrew Young
On Friday, October 4, 2024, at 12:33 a.m., Portland Police officers assigned to East Precinct responded to a call of a man with a rifle yelling and making threats in an apartment building in the 5200 block of Southeast Lambert Street.
The first arriving officers saw the man with what appeared to be a rifle. Officers set up a perimeter and engaged the man from a distance. Area residents were notified of the dangerous situation through the use of the PublicAlerts system and were asked to stay inside for their safety. More information about PublicAlerts is below. Paramedics were staged nearby in order to have them close at hand if needed.
An Enhanced Crisis Intervention Team (ECIT) officer spoke to the man. At 1:22 a.m., an officer fired a shot from his bureau-issued rifle. A team of officers moved in and found the adult man injured. They initiated trauma first aid and brought in paramedics, but the man was deceased.
Officers located a .22 caliber pellet air rifle and a knife near the man (see below).
No officers were injured in this incident. The officer who used deadly force will be placed on paid administrative leave. This is standard protocol following an officer-involved shooting.
On October 17, 2024, PPB released the body-worn camera footage from this shooting.
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's directive outlining the
procedures followed after an officer-involved shooting may be found in Directive 1010.10
