Knifepoint carjacking on Holgate ends when suspect bails and runs on 85th

A violent knifepoint carjacking on Holgate Boulevard near S.E. 76th, on Tuesday, October 6, ended up with a massive police response a short time later on 85th Avenue in the Powellhurst-Gilbert neighborhood, where officers found a vehicle stopped sideways.

The southbound vehicle had been cut off and stopped by Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) Transit Police vehicles. A total of 21 law enforcement cruisers – including numerous Portland Police Bureau (PPB) District cars, and two K9 units – quickly arrived to assist.

MCSO Public Information Officer Deputy John Plock clarified the sequence of events: “The MCSO Transit Police Division call was an assist call on a PPB case. A Transit Police officer located a vehicle connected to a PPB robbery call in the Foster-Powell neighborhood that had been dispatched at 9:41 p.m.”

PPB Public Information Manager Mike Benner provided THE BEE additional details on the underlying crime: “Transit Division officers located a vehicle that was stolen – at knifepoint – minutes earlier in the Foster-Powell neighborhood, near S.E. 76th Avenue and Holgate Boulevard.”

The vehicle recovery spot was approximately 1.4 miles away from where the carjacking occurred. Benner updated the status of the investigation: “At this point, nobody has been arrested” – and the search for the driver who bailed out from the stolen car was unsuccessful.

There is no official word about the victim of the carjacking, who evidently was not injured in the crime.

If you have information about this situation, and haven’t yet spoken with investigators contact the Portland Police Bureau and tell them it’ s about Case No. PM-26-46438.