And Beaverton was such a nice town

[Eastoff]

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Police said the 18-year-old man who wrestled a gun away from an officer at Beaverton City Hall and fired off a shot last week was high on mushrooms and had "superhuman strength."
Jared Steven Leone walked into Beaverton City Hall on Friday evening and told a person at the police department's records desk that he was overdosing on drugs and needed help. Three officers came out to the lobby and that's when police said Leone swung a punch at one of the officers and a "melee" ensued.

Detective Sergeant Jim Shumway reviewed surveillance video of the fight. He said it took the officers six minutes to restrain Leone and take him into custody.
"At some point, they did get him handcuffed," said Shumway. "He broke those handcuffs."

Leone grabbed a gun from one of the officers and fired a single shot during the fight. No one was hit. The bullet went into a wall with an empty room on the other side.

"They did all they could to retrain him as soon as they could," Shumway said. "He had what appears to be superhuman strength."

The officers used Tasers on Leone seven times during the fight, but they had no effect. Shumway said Leone appeared to be unable to feel pain. He was speaking gibberish and acting like he was on drugs.

"Somebody could have been killed from this. This could have been a real tragedy," Shumway said.

One officer involved in the struggle suffered a shoulder injury and was taken to the hospital.

Leone faces charges including assaulting a public safety officer, unlawful use of a weapon and resisting arrest. Police took Leone to the Washington County Jail.

Leone is from the Seattle area, but he graduated from Vernonia High School, Shumway said.

Bruce McCain, a former Multnomah County Sheriff's captain, told KATU News that a big concern is about the officer's holster.

"The whole idea is if you're in a scuffle, you cannot pull this gun out -- even if you popped the top, this does not come out," he said, demonstrating on his old holster with an unloaded Glock. (watch the video)

He says holsters are typically designed with three security mechanisms to keep anyone from grabbing the gun.

The Beaverton sergeant's holster may have had only two safety features because his gun may have had a flashlight on it.

 

[BlazerCaravan]

So what you're saying is that Mags is actually a superhero?

 

[TradeNurkicNow]

there is no way he did this on shrooms

doesn't feel pain, superhuman strength, gibberish? sounds like PCP

 

[PapaG]

there is no way he did this on shrooms

doesn't feel pain, superhuman strength, gibberish? sounds like PCP

Absolutely was on Angel Dust. He may have had superhuman giggling on mushrooms, but not strength.

How about breaking the handcuffs? That's freaking insane, and then the cops are worried about him pulling a gun from a police holster? Hello, he broke a pair of handcuffs and was tazed 7 times without blinking!!

 

[PapaG]

How many fat Beaverton cops does it take to subdue a teenager on PCP...

anyhow, he's lucky he didn't get a bullet to the head. The cops showed great restraint in this case.

 

[Eastoff]

How many fat Beaverton cops does it take to subdue a teenager on PCP...

anyhow, he's lucky he didn't get a bullet to the head. The cops showed great restraint in this case.

WOW i hadn't even considered that. very good point, I guess there are some nice ones out there.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

maybe he was high on lean made from Watermelon Drink and Skittles.

 

[BlazerCaravan]

How many fat Beaverton cops does it take to subdue a teenager on PCP...

anyhow, he's lucky he didn't get a bullet to the head. The cops showed great restraint in this case.

So true!

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

So true!

I thought he was on your ignore list?

 

[BlazerCaravan]

I thought he was on your ignore list?

So are you; but it doesn't mean I don't read your posts when I feel like it's probably worth it.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

:MARIS61:

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

but thanks for admitting as such. it just shows you are unable to hold your own.

 

[BlazerCaravan]

but thanks for admitting as such. it just shows you are unable to hold your own.

My ability to tolerate bullshit is unfortunately pretty low, which does make me a poor candidate to post in the OT forum.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

My ability to tolerate bullshit is unfortunately pretty low, which does make me a poor candidate to post in the OT forum.

yeah, its ok. most people can't coherently defend their own positions or consider objective attacks to their world view. its better to ignore it blissfully though, or you become a Dan/Hap and go off the deep end when your worldview is crushed and you have nothing to stand on.

 

[BlazerCaravan]

yeah, its ok. most people can't coherently defend their own positions or consider objective attacks to their world view. its better to ignore it blissfully though, or you become a Dan/Hap and go off the deep end when your worldview is crushed and you have nothing to stand on.

Exactly. That's exactly what I keep seeing from everyone here, btw.

 

[The_Lillard_King]

Freak situation . . . the holster had two security releases that must have been activated during the scuffle.

Rumor is that he was high on bath salts.