September 20, 2025 Officer Involved Shooting Body Worn Camera Footage

On Saturday, September 20, 2025, at approximately 8:45 a.m., East Precinct officers responded to reports of a disturbance in the 8400 block of Southeast Foster Road. When they arrived, officers determined a male adult, later identified as Bryan Velasco-Ruelas, 30, of Portland, was armed with a firearm and had threatened an employee at a service station before fleeing the scene. About thirty minutes later, officers located the suspect at a second service station in the area of Southeast 122nd Avenue and Southeast Division Street. As officers conducted a high-risk traffic stop, there was an exchange of gunfire with the suspect who was struck. Officers rendered aid before the individual was transported to an area hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. The involved officers are okay. A firearm was recovered at the scene. Additionally, at least one bullet struck a PPB vehicle and one struck a bystander's vehicle. The following two officers discharged their bureau-issued firearms during the incident: Officer Spencer Foster, a 1-year veteran of PPB assigned to East Precinct Officer Sammy Smith Jr, a 6-year veteran of PPB assigned to East Precinct The involved officers were placed on paid administrative leave, per standard protocol. The suspect in this shooting is identified as Bryan Velasco-Ruelas, 30, of Portland. As of October 4, 2025, he remained in police custody in the hospital. Formal charges will be filed when he is released from the hospital and booked into jail. If anyone has information about this incident, and has not already spoken to police, please contact homicidetips@police.portlandoregon.gov and reference case number 25-259271. As part of the use of force review process, the Bureau will conduct an internal review of the entire incident, including the initial response, resources requested, tactics used, and post shooting actions. The case will go before the Police Review Board (PRB), which is composed of community members, Bureau members, and representatives from the Independent Police Review Division. The Portland Police Bureau directive outlining the procedures followed after an officer involved shooting may be found https://www.portland.gov/policies/police-directives/weapons-ammunition-equipment-1000/101010-deadly-force-and-custody-death . The Portland Police Bureau is committed to transparency. The Bureau has an interactive dashboard on its website, which allows users to filter the information based on a variety of data. https://www.portland.gov/police/open-data/ois . That includes cases by year with subject injury type, initial call type, subject weapon, demographics, and aggregate statistics. Once the entire investigation and legal process is complete, the investigative files and any grand jury transcripts regarding this case will be posted on the Bureau's Open Data page. Information available about past officer-involved shootings can be found here https://www.portland.gov/police/open-data/ois-summaries For updated information visit https://www.portland.gov/police/news/2025/9/20/update-suspect-police-shooting-identified-video-released