Police were searching an area near Lloyd Center in Northeast Portland late Monday for a person who shot and injured two police officers.
The officers were taken by ambulance to a hospital, the Portland Police Bureau said, where they were in stable condition and recovering Monday night.
Just after 8 p.m. Monday, officers responded to a report of a person making threats with a knife near the Lloyd Center, Portland police said at an evening news conference. Officers made contact with a suspect and were fired upon moments later, Portland Police Chief Bob Day told reporters. Day would not say whether the officers fired their weapons.
The police bureau said earlier that the gunfire broke out near Northeast 17th Avenue and Clackamas Street.
About 90 police units had responded to the area to mount an intensive search, blocking off a swath of Northeast Portland between Broadway and Multnomah Street and 15th and 21st avenues.
“We have literally marshaled, in the early hours of this, every available resource that we had to the area,” Day said. “Our (Special Emergency Reaction Team) is doing a very methodical search for the suspect, so this is very much ongoing in real time.”
People who live within the police perimeter had been told to stay inside with doors and windows closed and locked. Officers could be seen searching the area with vehicle spotlights, and the bureau’s airplane was circling the area.
Police stationed near the edge of the search area wore helmets in addition to standard ballistic vests.
Day declined to give a description of the person they were seeking and said little else about how the incident unfolded. He also did not identify the injured officers.
Portland Mayor Keith Wilson was joined by Portland Police Bureau Assistant Chief Brian Hughes, chief of staff Robert King and Police Chief Bob Day at a press conference in the Lloyd District on Mon., Jan. 19, 2026.Zane Sparling/The Oregonian
Portland Mayor Keith Wilson, who visited the search area and was briefed by investigators, wished the officers who were shot “a speedy recovery.”
“We’re grateful for all the officers of the Portland police department,” Wilson told reporters. “This is a stark reminder of the dangers of the job.”
Wilson and Day said they had visited the injured officers at nearby Legacy Emanuel Medical Center before coming to the search scene.
Investigators asked that anyone with information or video of the incident contact police.
Kristine de Leon contributed to this report.
