A disturbing video was brought to the attention of the Free Thought Project this week showing more than a dozen heavily armed Portland cops corner, and then execute a man inside a homeless shelter Saturday night.
The Portland police chief is calling on citizens to reserve judgement after the video began going viral online. Chief Danielle Outlaw said in a statement that she was aware of a
video taken of the incident and posted on the Internet, and asked the public to "please be reminded that deadly force investigations are extremely complex and take time."
According to police, officers were responding to a report of a crash Saturday night and learned that one of the vehicles in the crash was stolen in a carjacking the night before.
Police claim the man they killed, John Andrew Elifritz, a 48-year-old shipyard worker, was believed to be the driver of the car who had fled inside the nearby Cityteam Ministries Portland Shelter in southeast Portland. Police claim they were given reports that the man may be armed, however, police spokesman Sgt. Chris Burley, told reporters on Sunday that they have "yet to determine if he had a weapon at the time of the shooting."
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