A Warm Springs man was wounded by a tribal police officer Sunday afternoon in a shooting that remains under investigation by the FBI.
The shooting occurred when Warm Springs officers responded to several calls about 2:20 p.m. regarding a man with a gun in the West Hills area of the Warm Springs Indian Reservation.
As officers approached the man, later identified as tribal member Macklin Kalama, he was ordered to show his hands and officers could see he had a gun, according to Warm Springs Tribal Police Chief Bill Elliott.
Kalama yelled “just shoot me’’ several times, according to the chief.
Kalama made "a movement that led officers to believe’’ that he was about to fire at them, Elliott said. One officer fired at Kalama, wounding him, the chief said.
Kalama, 43, was taken by ambulance to St. Charles Medical Center in Bend and then transferred to a hospital in Portland for treatment, according to Elliott.
The chief and the Warm Springs Police Department didn’t release any information on the shooting until two days later. The department didn’t identify the officer who fired, how many shots were fired or where Kalama was struck.
Warm Springs police notified the FBI and Oregon’s U.S. Attorney’s Office. The FBI’s evidence recovery team processed the shooting scene and is the lead agency investigating the shooting. The officer involved was wearing a body camera at the time of the shooting and the footage will be part of the evidence reviewed.
The unidentified Warm Springs officer who shot Kalama has been placed on administrative leave as is standard practice in officer-involved shootings. Warms Springs Tribal Police will conduct an internal administrative review.
-- Maxine Bernstein
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