Crime & Safety
Portland Man Jailed After Police Say He Attacked A Paramedic
Police say that a man jumped into an ambulance and attacked a paramedic on Monday. The paramedic was not seriously injured.
PORTLAND, OR – A man was arrested on Monday afternoon after police say that he jumped in an ambulance and attacked a paramedic. Jeremiah James Ray faces is charged with assault.
Police say that around 1:10 p.m. on Monday, officers responded to Southwest 5th Avenue and Sherman Street after dispatch told them that medics had called for emergency help from the police.
At the scene, they found a paramedic in the ambulance suffering from stab wounds. The injuries were not considered life-threatening.
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A knife was recovered at the scene.
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The paramedics said that they had been in the ambulance, sitting at a red light, when the man – since identified as Ray, opened the door and got into a fight with the paramedic.
He then fled.
Police caught Ray a few blocks away.
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