PORTLAND, Ore. — A person suspected of threatening a gas station worker was taken to a hospital Saturday morning after being shot by Portland Police officers.

According to the Portland Police Bureau, East Precinct officers responded to reports of a disturbance in the 8400 block of Southeast Foster Road. When officers arrived, they determined that a man had threatened a service station employee before fleeing the scene. The suspect was located about 30 minutes later at a gas station at the corner of Southeast 122nd Avenue and Southeast Division Street, where police officers attempted to conduct a traffic stop.

During the attempted traffic stop, there was an exchange of gunfire, and the suspect was struck, police said. The officers at the scene rendered aid to the suspect who was taken to

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