November 5, 2025 Use of Deadly Force Body-Worn Camera Footage

The officers who were involved in a police use of deadly force incident following a suspect firing a gun in the Lloyd District Neighborhood are being identified, and a video summary of the incident is being released. The video is a detailed account of a deadly use of force incident involving a member of the Portland Police Bureau. Viewer discretion is advised. As part of our ongoing commitment to transparency, the Portland Police Bureau is releasing body-worn camera footage related to the recent police use of deadly force incident. This is just the first step in providing the facts, and more details will come as the investigation continues. For more information, see the news release here: https://www.portland.gov/police/news/2025/11/6/update-2-video-summary-police-use-deadly-force-following-lloyd-district On Wednesday, November 5, 2025, at 9:42 p.m., Portland Police officers assigned to North Precinct responded to the 400 block of Northeast Hassalo Street on multiple reports of a man seen without clothing running around holding a handgun. When officers arrived, the man was no longer there, but they did an area check. Witnesses reported the man may have pointed the handgun at his own head and pulled the trigger, but the gun did not fire. An officer spotted him on Northeast Grand Avenue between Northeast Broadway Street and Northeast Weidler Street. The man ran south on Northeast Grand Avenue. Officers tried to contain him in the busy neighborhood, closing in at Northeast Grand Avenue and Northeast Multnomah Street. The suspect fired a shot in front of officers and began running southbound on Northeast Grand Avenue with the gun. Responding officers Bradley Clark and Roger Walsh, both 19.75-year veterans of Portland Police, heard the shot fired, then saw him running in the street. Officer Clark used his police vehicle to strike the armed man, knocking him down and causing him to drop the gun. The man got up and continued running south, where he was challenged by officers on Northeast Holladay Street just east of Northeast Grand Avenue. He initially laid down on the ground, but was uncooperative with commands, got up, and entered an occupied apartment building. Officers successfully used a conducted electrical weapon(CEW, or Taser), to control him and take him into custody. As officers moved in to arrest him, the suspect intentionally hit his own head on the sidewalk multiple times, causing significant bleeding. Officers tried to hold his head to keep him from causing himself further injury as they summoned paramedics. The suspect, 43-year-old Robert D. Hatley, was transported to the hospital, treated and released, and booked into jail for charges of Unlawful Use of a Weapon and Felon in Possession of a Firearm. Officers located the handgun in the front bumper guard of Ofc Clark's police vehicle. The investigation has confirmed a single shot was fired by Hatley. Per PPB policy, the officer's use of a police vehicle to strike the armed suspect is being investigated as a deadly use of force. The investigation continues. If anyone has information about this case and has not already spoken to police, please contact detectives at homicidetips@police.portlandoregon.gov or call 503-823-0479 and please reference case number 25-304465. The video includes a narrated summary followed by unedited footage from officers' cameras. ###PPB###