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On Wednesday June 28, 2017, at 11:41 p.m., North Precinct officers responded to Northeast Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Lombard Street on the report of gunfire that damaged a TriMet bus.
As officers were responding to the scene they received additional information that a suspect appeared to be shooting at a person in a car, but struck the bus instead.
Officers arrived in the area and located evidence of gunfire in the parking lot of Taco Bell, located on the southwest corner of the intersection. Several cars were damaged in addition to the TriMet bus. No gunshot victims were located at the scene or arrived at any area hospitals.
Witnesses described several black males involved in a disturbance leading to gunfire and several vehicles were driven out of the area after the shots.
Several officers, including a Canine Unit, searched the neighborhood but did not locate any suspects.
Based on information learned at the scene, the Gang Enforcement Team responded to conduct an investigation.