Portland Police released suspect images early Tuesday, narrowing the hunt for the man who gunned down two officers in the Lloyd District Monday night.
The shooter ambushed them around 8:20 p.m. near Northeast 17th Avenue and Clackamas Street in Sullivan's Gulch, steps from Lloyd Center mall. Police Chief Bob Day called every resource into play—over 70 vehicles, Special Emergency Reaction Team, Crisis Negotiation Team swept blocks door to door. Residents hunkered down under shelter orders as ambulances sped the wounded away. Mayor Keith Wilson and Chief Day hit the scene past 11 p.m., faces grim under flashing lights. Both officers landed in stable condition at hospitals, scanner chatter noting leg, arm, and ear hits treated with tourniquets on site. KGW confirmed ambulance runs from the frozen street. Police pieced together a knife threat call that drew the pair into the trap. Nobody fingered a motive yet, but chaos brewed miles south where Antifa and leftists swarmed a Portland ICE facility that night. Rocks flew, bottles smashed windows—cops braced for worse downtown while this hit northeast. The suspect looks Caucasian, mid-30s, facial hair, black cap pulled low, black jacket zipped over gray hoodie. He packs a knife and handgun—armed, dangerous, stay clear and call 911. Police blanketed Northeast Portland, roads shut, Lloyd Center locked tight with shoppers stuck inside. Scanner feeds buzzed past midnight: blockades at every turn, K-9 units sniffing alleys.
Suspect Hunt Locks Neighborhood
Heavy presence choked Sullivan's Gulch—60-plus units ringed the epicenter by 10 p.m. Crisis teams prepped for barricades; negotiators on standby. Lights stabbed the dark, loudspeakers boomed stay indoors. Lloyd District businesses shuttered early, families peeked through blinds at the swarm. Police begged for doorbell cams or phone videos to crack the case wide.
Portland simmered after federal ICE agents dropped Renee Good January 7 in Minneapolis fallout—daily clashes rocked the city. Protests hit southside hard that evening, officers dodging projectiles while partners took real bullets up north. No direct tie surfaced, but nights like this test the thin line raw.
Officers Fight Back From Beds
Ambulances hauled them out fast, medics barking vitals en route. Stable means breathing, fighting—Portland blues rally around their own. Chief Day choked up at the mic: "Days like this hit emotional." Mayor Wilson prayed for quick recovery, called it stark job danger reminder. No word if officers fired back.
Southside ICE standoff wound down past midnight, six arrests for disorder. Northeast stayed hot—suspect loose, streets cold. Public tips flooded lines by dawn. Portland holds breath.
