Officer Lee said: "638, We thought he had a gun in his right hand but he's running. Male, black, light skin with long geri curl, big heavy green down jacket...."

Then the Dispatcher said: "Gun in his right hand, black male, light skin, geri curl, big down green jacket. Copy."

The voices you hear are those of the Police Dispatcher and Officer Mike Lee, partner to Officer Terry Kruger (the SHOOTER). They were taken unedited from an audio transcript provided by the Portland Police Bureau.

But... LATER Officer Lee stated for his taped transcript: As he steps away from the car door which was open, I could see a large semiautomatic weapon in his right hand. A- and uh, I was positive that it was a semi-automatic weapon 'cause I could see the butt plate on it real clearly.