According to officials, a guy was slitting himself with a knife at Portland International Airport on Saturday when a Port of Portland police officer deployed a Taser on him.
Around 2:30 p.m., emergency personnel arrived at the ticketing area to discover a guy aggressively hurting himself with a knife. In an attempt to save his life, an officer tased him, according to the Port of Portland. According to spokesman Allison Ferr, efforts to resuscitate the man failed.
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