Police use tear gas to end standoff; suspect arrested
PORTLAND, Ore. - A man who had been in a standoff with police at a home in Southeast Portland for hours Monday surrendered after police fired tear gas into the house.
The Portland Police Special Emergency Reaction Team (SERT) was called out after police said the 28-year-old man, identified Tuesday by police as Darwin Leroy Stauffer, shot at officers from a home in the 15800 block of SE Martins Street.
After about two hours of trying to contact Stauffer, police said they didn't receive any response and decided to use tear gas. After deploying it, police said Stauffer crawled out the door about five minutes later. He was then arrested.
Stauffer was taken to a hospital to be treated for minor injuries and will be booked into the Multnomah County Jail.
According to police, the shooting is related to a car crash Monday afternoon near Southeast Foster Road and 158th Avenue. The driver sped past a police cruiser on Foster Road at 2:15 p.m., later clipped another car, crashed into a pole and ran from the vehicle into a wooded area toward Powell Butte, police said. 
Residents in a nearby home told police that a man who was bloody and muddy arrived at their door, demanding to come inside. Police said the five people in the house, including a small child, were all able to escape the home. Two of them sustained minor injuries.
Police said there was a struggle inside the home when the shots were fired and one bullet flew outside the house and by police officers. No one was injured.
Stauffer was driving a stolen car, police said. He was booked for three counts of Kidnapping in the First Degree, two counts of Robbery in the First Degree, one count of Unlawful Use of a Motor Vehicle, and one count of Burglary in the First Degree, according to a police press release.
Portland Parks and Recreation closed a section of the Springwater Corridor Trail because of the police activity, according to a post on their Facebook page.
KATU's Anita Kissée contributed to this story.
