The fatal police shooting of a young Black man near Portland, Oregon, has sparked protests.
The man, identified by family members to media and authorities as Kevin Peterson, Jr., 21, was shot and killed around 6 p.m. Thursday in Hazel Dell, an unincorporated area in Clark County in southwest Washington state, 18 miles north of Portland.
Clark County Sheriff Chuck Atkins said in a statement Friday that detectives with a drug task force were conducting a narcotics investigation and that Peterson was killed by deputies following a foot chase.
“A foot pursuit ensued where deputies from the Clark…
