Grand jury clears police in fatal Oregon shooting

10 February 2012, 4:03 am

FAIRVIEW, Ore. The police chief in the east Portland suburb of Fairview says an officer fatally shot a man last month to keep him from plunging a knife into another officer. Chief Ken Johnson announced Thursday that a grand jury has found no criminal wrongdoing by Officer Mike Morton in the Jan. 27 shooting death of 37-year-old Larry McKinney. Johnson says Officer Joe Kaiser was almost to the ...... Read More »

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