Body Camera Footage Released In Deadly PPB Shooting Of Suspect, K9 Officer Kylo
Portland, OR – The Portland Police Bureau has released body camera video, and identifying the two officers involved in last month’s police shooting that took the lives of a homicide suspect and K9 Officer Kylo.
It started the morning of September 24th, when Gresham Police identified a suspect in the death of Jeff Thompson, who had been shot by someone armed with a .22 caliber handgun, at a home near Southeast 179th and Market Street.
That afternoon, police tracked the suspect, later identified as 39-year-old Eddie Campbell, to the area of Southeast 99th and Pine Street, in Portland. Investigators requested help from the U.S. Marshals Service Pacific Northwest Violent Offender Task Force to apprehend the suspect.
Members of the task force, including Portland Police officers, tried to arrest Campbell, but he ran.
Newly released body camera footage shows Portland Officer Jerry Ables and his K9 partner Kylo following Campbell to a nearby hotel at Southeast 97th and Oak Street, where Kylo pulled the suspect to the ground. When Campbell pulls a gun, points it towards officers, and ignores repeated commands to drop it, shots ring out.
Ables, Officer Kameron Fender and two officers from other agencies fire a total of 13 rounds, hitting the suspect and Kylo. Despite life saving efforts, Campbell died at the scene, and Kylo later had to be euthanized.
The investigation determined Officer Ables fired his Bureau-issued firearm four times. Officer Fender fired 5 times. An additional four rifle rounds were fired by a U.S. Marshal and Clackamas County Sheriff’s Deputy.
The Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office announced Thursday its investigation concluded the police use of force that killed Campbell was justified under Oregon law, and NOT criminal.
Officer Ables, a 21-year PPB veteran, and Officer Fender, a 17-year veteran of the bureau, remain on administrative leave, pending the outcome of several reviews.