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

Authorities said Patrick Myers, 44, was shot by a member of SERT and was quickly taken to a nearby hospital

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.

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. “He was armed with a rifle, and one of our SERT members shot him.”

Authorities said Myers was shot by a member of SERT and was quickly taken to a nearby hospital, where he is expected to survive. Once recovered, he will then be booked into the Multnomah County Detention Center.

No officers were injured and the SERT member involved is now on paid administrative leave per standard protocol.

The search warrant served was related to a recent indictment for six counts of second-degree encouraging child sex abuse and one count of encouraging sexual assault of an animal.

The investigation is ongoing and anyone with information about the incident is asked to contact Portland police.