Crime & Safety
Teen Boys Crash Car, Stab Each Other: Police
3 boys were in the Chevy Impala that crashed into mailboxes and several parked cars in NE Portland early Friday, but only 2 were stabbed.
PORTLAND, OR — Two teen boys reportedly stabbed each other after crashing their car in Northeast Portland early Friday. Both boys sustained serious but non-life-threatening injuries, police officials said.
Because they are juveniles, neither boy will be identified.
Officers from the Portland Police Bureau's East Precinct were dispatched to a car crash in the 400-block of Northeast 143rd Avenue just after 12:15 a.m. July 6.
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At the crash, officers reportedly found three teen boys near a white Chevrolet Impala, a wrecked fence, and several damaged mailboxes and parked cars. Two of the boys were bleeding from multiple stab wounds, police said.
Investigators reportedly learned the boys were traveling north on Northeast 143rd Avenue when they crashed the car. Afterward, two of boys got into an altercation and one of them grabbed a knife. The third boy was uninjured.
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Anyone who may have more information about this incident is asked to call the PPB's Assault Detail at 503-823-0479.
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