Two Injured in Box Cutter Attack in Downtown Portland; Suspect Dies After Police Shooting
In downtown Portland, near SW Broadway and SW Washington Street, two people were injured in a box cutter attack on Thursday afternoon. The suspect, who assaulted the victims, was shot by police and later died from their injuries.
Portland, OR, October 15, 2026 —
Two people were injured in a box cutter attack Thursday afternoon in downtown Portland near the intersection of SW Broadway and SW Washington Street. Police shot the suspect, who later died from their injuries, according to the information provided about the incident.
The account identifies the weapon as a box cutter and says the suspect assaulted the two victims. It does not provide details about the victims’ injuries or their condition. Their names and ages were also not provided.
The circumstances leading up to the attack, including what happened before police arrived and the sequence of events during the police shooting, were not provided. The suspect’s name and age were not provided, and the available information does not specify how much time passed between the shooting and the suspect’s death.
No information was provided about the responding officers, whether anyone else was involved, or whether authorities have described a possible motive. The date of the Thursday incident was not specified.
The reported details establish that an attack involving a box cutter injured two people and that police shot the suspect, who subsequently died. Further information about the incident, the victims’ conditions and the police response was not included in the account.
Story summarized from the original created by Vince Ybarra, Makenna Marks, FOX 12 Staff on www.kptv.com, see more information here.
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