PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A fugitive being sought by the Oregon Department of Corrections was shot by a Deputy US Marshal Tuesday afternoon in North Portland.
A warrant for the arrest of Jonathan Crowley was issued September 24, the US Marshals said in a release. The US Marshals Fugitive Task Force spotted Crowley in a parked car in the 7500 block of North Newell near Lombard around 3:30 p.m. and tried to arrest him.
But Crowley tried to use his car to threaten the officers, a marshal shot him.
The 31-year-old was rushed to the hospital “and is expected to be released once recovered,” the US Marshals Office said.
No officers were injured.
Officials said Crowley was wanted for the “crimes against person and who had fled from correctional supervision with the Multnomah County Parole and Probation Office.”
In May 2019, Crowley was arrested in Lake Oswego for entering parked cars. Police stopped the car he was riding in and arrested him. At that time he had felony warrants and was held in the Clackamas County Jail.
At the scene
Though they were not involved in the shooting, the Portland police tweeted they are investigating the shooting.
Police blocked off the roads from Westanna to Macrum on Lombard as the investigation continued. PPB had their mobile command set up as detectives collected evidence.
A witness who declined to go on-camera told KOIN 6 News she heard one shot and saw a man inside a car.
Earlier in the evening, a group of people who said they are family to the man who was shot want answers.
Kenneth Morgan, who identified himself as the man’s uncle, said, “Why did they have to pull up on him and shoot?”
Morgan also wants something done.
“Somebody needs to do something about these police because this is not how it’s supposed go.”