{"id":859651,"date":"2026-09-25T02:02:18","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T02:02:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/859651\/"},"modified":"2026-09-25T02:02:18","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T02:02:18","slug":"wanted-suspect-police-k-9-dead-following-se-portland-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/859651\/","title":{"rendered":"Wanted suspect, police K-9 dead following SE Portland shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A wanted suspect and a Portland Police Bureau K-9 are dead following a shooting in Southeast Portland near the Chestnut Tree Inn, a hotel at the corner of Southeast 97th Avenue and Stark Street. <\/p>\n

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Portland Police Bureau officers at the scene on Thursday.<\/p>\n

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Portland Police Chief fights back tears as he speaks at a press conference as he talks about Portland Police Bureau K-9, Kylo. After six years with the bureau, Thursday was set to be Kylo\u2019s last shift before his retirement.<\/p>\n

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Portland Police Bureau K-9, Kylo, died in a shooting in Southeast Portland, Sept. 24, 2026. After six years with the bureau, Thursday was set to be Kylo\u2019s last shift before his retirement.<\/p>\n

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Portland Police Bureau on the scene of a shooting in Southeast Portland.<\/p>\n

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Law enforcement officers gather at the scene of a “critical incident” at the Chestnut Tree Inn in Portland.<\/p>\n

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Portland Police Bureau is at the scene of a shooting in Southeast Portland.<\/p>\n

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Portland Police vehicles, responding to a “critical incident” at the Chestnut Tree Inn in Portland, Ore., on Sept. 24, 2026.<\/p>\n

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Portland Police Chief speaks at a press conference following a shooting in Southeast Portland.<\/p>\n

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Portland Police Bureau spokesperson Mike Benner speaks to the media following a shooting in Southeast Portland that left a wanted suspect and a Portland Police Bureau K-9 dead, Sept. 24, 2026.<\/p>\n

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Portland Police officers are on the scene of a \u201ccritical incident\u201d in Southeast Portland, Sept. 24, 2026. The area surrounding the Chestnut Tree Inn is cordoned off by police tape.<\/p>\n

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A wanted suspect is dead following a shooting in Southeast Portland, officials confirmed Thursday afternoon.<\/p>\n

Gunfire erupted around 1:45 p.m. near the Chestnut Tree Inn, a hotel at the corner of Southeast 97th Avenue and Stark Street. More than 40 emergency units responded to the scene. Police cordoned off several blocks around the hotel. <\/p>\n

The shooting occurred after a regional Violent Offenders Task Force located a wanted suspect in the area, Portland Police Bureau spokesperson Mike Benner told reporters.<\/p>\n

Benner confirmed the suspect and a Portland Police Bureau K-9 both died during the incident. <\/p>\n

Police officials confirmed that the man had a felony warrant, but would not provide further details about him or why he was wanted by the task force.<\/p>\n

Benner also did not release additional details about what led to the shooting, citing an ongoing investigation. He said the shooting occurred during a pre-planned operation.<\/p>\n

Two Portland police officers are on administrative leave, officials said, as well as two officers from other agencies in the task force.<\/p>\n

The task force includes the U.S. Marshals Service, Gresham Police Department and the sheriff\u2019s offices of Multnomah and Clackamas counties. <\/p>\n

The K-9, named Kylo, had been transported to at least two separate veterinary clinics for emergency care, Benner said. <\/p>\n

\u201cOur members are reeling over that. They\u2019re also reeling over the loss of a human life,\u201d Benner said. \u201cYou hear Chief (Bob) Day talk about the sanctity of life all the time. But as far as our K-9? Heavy hearts.\u201d <\/p>\n

Thursday was set to be the K-9\u2019s last shift, police officials said. He served six years with the bureau. Day fought back tears as he described how tragedy replaced what was meant to be a day \u201cof celebration and retirement.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cTo watch them work is really a thing of beauty,\u201d Day said \u201cThey\u2019re part of our family. And they fill a role that is so critical for the safety of our officers but also the safety of our community. Really, just grateful for Kylo\u2019s service.\u201d<\/p>\n

An employee at the Chestnut Tree Inn told OPB that police shot a person and that a K-9 was hit and injured by gunfire in the hotel\u2019s parking lot. An OPB reporter at the scene said officers were interviewing people at the Chestnut Tree Inn.<\/p>\n

Multiple bystanders separately recalled that, around 2 p.m., they saw several police cruisers arriving at the scene following a volley of gunfire. <\/p>\n

Ryan Kowal, a bystander, lives with his wife at a hotel across the street.<\/p>\n

\u201cHonestly, it\u2019s a shocker,\u201d Kowal said. \u201cIt\u2019s not something you expect to see during the daytime.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to Benner, the last Portland Police Bureau K-9 to die in the line of duty was a 3-year-old German shepherd named Mick who was responding to a burglary alongside his handler. The handler was also wounded during that encounter.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

This story may be updated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\uf054 Showing image 1 of 11 A wanted suspect and a Portland Police Bureau K-9 are dead following…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":859652,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[23,3,362908,21,19,22,20,25,24],"class_list":["post-859651","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-states","tag-america","tag-news","tag-portland-metro-breaking-news-law-and-justice","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/859651","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=859651"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/859651\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/859652"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=859651"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=859651"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=859651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}