Police are searching for the driver of a vehicle that rammed a police car, causing an officer to shoot at the fleeing car on Friday, March 8.
The incident began at 10:42 p.m. when two Gresham officers encountered the suspect vehicle at Northeast 167th Place and Couch Street, said Lt. Claudio Grandjean, Gresham Police spokesman.
Grandjean said details of the encounter are not available, but at some point, the suspect vehicle rammed one of the police cars and one of the officers fired his gun at the vehicle. Information on how many shots were fired is not available, Grandjean said.
The vehicle fled the area and officers did not pursue it. The officers were not injured.
Eleven minutes later, a Multnomah County Sheriff's Office deputy saw the suspect vehicle near Southeast 158th Avenue and Stark Street and tried to pull over the driver. But the car fled, leading to a pursuit. Police eventually found the car abandoned at Southeast 126th Avenue and Stark Street, and the driver fled.
Officers from Multnomah County, Portland Police and Gresham Police searched the area for the driver. The case remains under investigation.