PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - A man is in custody after allegedly trying to grab a gun from a Portland Police Bureau officer on Saturday, according to police.

Just after 9 a.m., officers with the Portland Police Bureau were sent to the area of Northeast 33rd Avenue over Interstate 84 after reports of a man hitting passing cars with a metal pole.

When they arrived, witnesses told police the suspect had walked away.

Officers searched the neighborhood but did not find the man.

About 20 minutes after police left the area, they learned the suspect was possibly near Oregon Park on Northeast 30th Avenue.

Two officers were sent to the area and found the man around 10:30 a.m.

According to PPB, “almost immediately,” the suspect allegedly began fighting with the two officers, and they told dispatch th

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