Andre C. Gladen
Andre C. Gladen Portland Police Bureau

The state medical examiner has identified the man fatally shot by Portland Police Officer Consider Vosu as 36-year-old Andre C. Gladen.

Gladen's death was the result of a harrowing series of events that took place in the entryway of a house rented by Desmond Pescaia on SE Market and 96th.

According to Pescaia, who recounted the story to the Oregonian, Gladen first appeared on Pescaia's front steps around 1 pm Sunday. The panicked stranger, who, according to court records was 6 foot tall, thin Black man, told Pescaia he needed his help because someone was trying to kill him. Pescaia offered the man some cash, but Gladen allegedly refused. Pescaia asked Gladen to leave. He didn't.

According to the Oregonian, Pescaia first alerted his landlord that Gladen had fallen asleep on his porch before calling the police. Once Officer Vosu arrived at the house, Gladen panicked, pounding on Pescaia's door and shouting that the officer had a "fake badge." Pescaia opened the door—and within seconds, Vosu and Gladen were wrestling in his front living room. Vosu allegedly tased Gladen, but the shock did not stop the intruder from pulling out a knife and barreling toward the officer. That's when Vosu fired at Gladen.

Gladen was taken to a local hospital, where he was declared dead. His death marked the first fatal shooting by Portland police of 2019.

This wasn't Gladen's first interaction with the Portland police. In 2015, Gladen was arrested for a trio of crimes: Interfering with a probation officer, attempted burglary, and disorderly conduct in the second degree. All three charges were thrown out by a Multnomah County judge.

At the time of his arrest, Gladen listed Transition Projects, a short and long-term homeless shelter in Northwest Portland, as his current residence.