Portland officer puts suspect in neck hold after nearly 7-minute struggle over officers gun

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Portand, OR - A man faces multiple charges, including attempted murder, after he attempted to take a Portland police officer's gun during a struggle that put two officers in the hospital Saturday morning, police said.

The suspect, 43-year-old Bo W. Davis, of Portland, was initially taken to the hospital after the nearly 7-minute skirmish during which police said he tried to take an officer's gun, with the officer eventually putting Davis in a "neck hold" that ended the altercation.

Davis was released from the hospital later Saturday and booked into the Multnomah County Detention Center. He faces charges of attempted murder, first-degree robbery, assaulting a public safety officer, menacing, and an outstanding warrant, police said.

Both officers also were taken to the hospital, one with a hand injury and the other with a head injury. The injured officers have been released from the hospital and are recovering at home, police said Saturday night.

The officers have not been named, but the one who used the neck hold was placed under paid administrative leave, as per PPB policy.

Officers responded to a call at 9:11 a.m. Saturday that a man was hitting passing cars with a metal pole on Northeast 33rd Avenue over Interstate 84. Police checked the neighborhood but did not find the suspect, and no one made a police report.

However, 20 minutes after officers cleared the scene, they got information that the man was probably in the area of Oregon Park in Portland. Two officers located the man, but the man "almost immediately" began fighting the officers, the Portland Police Bureau said.

The officers alerted dispatch, saying that the man was attempting to get an officer's firearm out of his holster. During the nearly 7-minute struggle, an officer put the man in "some kind of neck hold," which ended the struggle. Police said the man did not lose consciousness and "did not appear to suffer any significant injuries."

Police said due to the level of force, an investigation by the Multnomah County District Attorney's Office is underway. Although no one was killed, agency policy considers a neck hold a use of "deadly force" and will conduct an internal review.