PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A Multnomah County grand jury says Portland police were justified in the fatal Dec. 17 shooting of a 45-year-old man who pointed a realistic-looking fake gun at them in an apartment building.
Officers Jonathan Kizzar and Kelly Jenson had responded to a 911 call about a man reportedly threatening people with a 9mm handgun.
Police spokesman Sgt. Pete Simpson said earlier that shortly after the officers knocked on the man’s door, they reported he had pointed a handgun at them and that shots had been fired.
Darryel Ferguson died of multiple gunshot wounds to the chest and abdomen.
Police recovered a Colt Defender BB air pistol, modeled after the model 1911 .45 caliber handgun used by the military for years.
