Early this morning, near 6 a.m., Portland Police officers responded to a burglar alarm at Madison High School, 2735 N.E. 82nd Ave.

Many officers arrived in the area and began setting up a perimeter around the school.

As officers and a police K-9 unit were staging to enter the building, two people ran out of the school and disappeared quickly into a fog bank.

Officers and the police dog began chasing the burglars on foot. During the chase, and likely due to the dense fog, the police dog bit one of the officers instead of the burglar.

A person who committed suicide after firing shots in the garage of an outer southeast Portland residence has been identified as 43-year-old Joshua Stallings.

On Friday evening, police officers assigned to East Precinct responded to a call of shots fired at a residence in the 13500 block of Southeast Salmon Street. Upon arriving, officers learned the suspect was the ex-boyfriend of a woman who lived at the residence.

According to the police news release, the man, despondent came to the residence with a gun and threatened to kill the house’s occupants. Stallings fired two shots in the garage and people in the house fled. Based on the information provided to officers at the scene, the Special Emergency Reaction Team was activated per Portland Police Bureau policy.

This morning, around 4 a.m., East Precinct police officers went to a residence in the 12100 block of Southeast Bush Street with information the suspect in the October 6th shooting in Parkrose — 33-year-old Skylar Sherwood Shaffer — would be there.

Officers deployed around the location and, by loud speaker, announced their presence then demanded Shaffer come out, which he did and was arrested without incident.

Parkrose shooting suspect 33-year-old Skylar Sherwood Shaffer was arrested this morning.

Shaffer was transported to the Detective Division downtown where he was interviewed; he was later lodged in the Multnomah County Detention Center and charged with Attempted Aggravated Murder and is being held in lieu of $250,000 dollars bail.

Tonight, near 10 p.m., a home invasion robbery took place in the 2700 block of Northeast 102nd Avenue in east Portland’s Parkrose neighborhood.

Prior to arriving at the scene, officers learned there were three armed suspects wearing masks. A husband and wife and their adult son were the victims of the residential robbery.

The husband and wife suffered non-life threatening injuries in the course of the hold-up and were transported to a nearby hospital.  Police also report shots were fired inside the home by the suspects during the course of the robbery; it is believed one of the suspects was injured in the robbery.

The suspects fled the residence prior to officers arrival.  A police canine unit was called to the scene and officers are searching the area for the suspects; the investigation is continuing.

Last night, just after midnight, Portland Police Officers assigned to East Precinct responded to a calls of multiple shots fired in the area of Northeast 79th and Glisan.  Officers were directed by dispatch to The Peoples Bar and Grill at 7901 Northeast Glisan Street.

The windows of the bar was struck several times by gunfire, shattering the businesses’ windows.  A vehicle parked on 79th Avenue, just south of Glisan Street, was hit by  a number of bullet strikes.  Officers located numerous shell casings in the street.

Argay Park, Northeast 141st Avenue and Failing Street has seen a recent rash of graffiti. Thanks to the Portland Parks & Recreation Maintenance bureau, the recently defaced Argay Off-Leash Area sign was cleaned off.

Recently cleaned Argay Park's Off-Leash Area sign

However, the Argay Park sign was only cleaned off a little and the gang tag, “MVL” remains on a private property owner’s backyard fence next to the park’s side entrance. The tags are associated with the Sureños. Spanish for Southerners, Sureños originated in the barrios of Southern California. A group of Mexican American street gangs, there are hundreds of Sureño gangs in California— Oregon and Washington now also—each with its own street identity.

Yesterday, Portland Police officers assigned to East Precinct stopped 45-year old Javier Javier-Carillo as he was walking eastbound on Southeast Stark Street near 153rd Avenue. During the contact, the officers obtained consent to search the Carillo’s bag and found nearly six pounds of methamphetamine.

Six pounds of methamphetamine was seized from a Stark Street pedestrian yesterday.

Javier-Carillo, of Pasco, Washington, was arrested and charged with Delivery of Methamphetamine and Possession of Methamphetamine and booked into the Multnomah County Jail.

Javier Javier-Carillo booking photo.

The Portland Police Bureau Drugs and Vice Division responded and assisted East Precinct with the investigation. Estimated street value of the seized methamphetamine is $268,000.

Portland Police Homicide Detectives identified last night’s shooting victim as 19-year-old Vinesh Ram Prasad of North Portland.

The Oregon State Medical Examiner conducted an autopsy this morning and determined that Prasad died of a gunshot would to the chest.

Detectives need to hear from anyone with information about the shooting or about Prasad’s activities in the 48 hours prior to his death.

Detectives believe Prasad’s death may be gang-related and are working with the Gang Enforcement Team to follow-up any leads.

This is Portland’s 16th homicide in 2011 and 6th suspected gang-related homicide.

Near midnight last night, North Precinct police officers responded to a call of an injured 19-year-old male on Northeast Sandy Boulevard at 119th Avenue.

When police arrived, they found a man in the street believed to have been shot.  Medical personnel were called to the scene to treat the man, but shortly after their arrival, the man was pronounced dead.

On scene officers called for Homicide Detectives. The Forensic Evidence Division was also called to process the crime scene.  The Gang Enforcement Team was also on scene and assisting with the investigation.

No additional details are available at this time.

Anyone with information regarding this case is asked to call either Detective Mark Sponhauer, 503-823-0416,  e-mail:Mark.Sponhauer@portlandoregon.gov or Detective Kristina Coffey,  503-823-0696, e-mail:Kristina.Coffey@portlandoregon.gov.

The three suspects apprehended after robbing Rounders Cafe, 11416 N.E. Halsey St. — 34-year-old Anthony Davonne Williams (also known as Antonio Denon Carter), 35-year-old Mckeever Watkins Thompson Jr., and 42-year-old Marc Edward Morrison — are not regarded as suspects by the police in the hold-up July 19 of a bar two doors down, Don’s Dugout, 11642 N.E. Halsey St. according to Detective Derek Posey.

“From what I know, it looks like the two are unrelated,” Posey said. “The Detective working that case (Don’s Dugout) hopes to make an arrest soon, but the two aren’t related.”