Sex abuse suspect shot by police during Northeast Portland search warrant identified [Video]

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A man who was shot by police after a warrant was served on a Northeast Portland home early Wednesday morning has been identified, authorities said.

According to Portland police, this all began just after 4 a.m. when detectives from the Internet Crimes Against Children Unit and the Special Emergency Reaction Team (SERT) served the warrant at a home on Northeast 137th Avenue.

After more than an hour of communication between a man in the house — identified by police as 44-year-old Patrick W. Myers — and the Crisis Negotiation Team, Myers stopped communication, prompting SERT to enter the home.

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At the same time, Myers exited out the back door with a rifle, officials said.

“As SERT was breaching the front door of the home where the suspect was located, this individual went out the back door,” Mike Benner with the Portland Police Bureau said. …