Mourning an officer in Portland

Matt A. Fikse

Matt A. Fikse Jul 1, 2025

Feb 6, 2018

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                <h1>Mourning an officer in Portland</h1>
                <h2><p>Thousands of people turned out for a procession and memorial service in Portland to honor fallen reserve Oregon City police officer, Robert Libke, 41. He was fatally shot Nov. 3 while responding to reports of a house fire and a gunman. At the service, Oregon City Police Chief James Band</p></h2>
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               <p>By <a href="/author/mattfikse-gmail-com/">Matt A. Fikse</a></p> 
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            <p>Thousands of people turned out for a procession and memorial service in Portland to honor fallen reserve Oregon City police officer, Robert Libke, 41. He was fatally shot Nov. 3 while responding to reports of a house fire and a gunman. At the service, Oregon City Police Chief <a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/oregon-city/index.ssf/2013/11/robert_libke_memorial_view_the.html?ref=dev.cascadepbs.org">James Band said</a> Libke's arrival saved lives by diverting the gunman's attention from a woman who was at home with her two grandchildren. OregonLive's live blog of the memorial and procession, which drew hundreds of law enforcement and emergency personnel, <a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/oregon-city/index.ssf/2013/11/robert-libke-memorial-police-officer.html?ref=dev.cascadepbs.org">is here</a>. — J.C.</p>
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Thousands of people turned out for a procession and memorial service in Portland to honor fallen reserve Oregon City police officer, Robert Libke, 41. He was fatally shot Nov. 3 while responding to reports of a house fire and a gunman. At the service, Oregon City Police Chief James Band said Libke's arrival saved lives by diverting the gunman's attention from a woman who was at home with her two grandchildren. OregonLive's live blog of the memorial and procession, which drew hundreds of law enforcement and emergency personnel, is here. — J.C.

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By Matt A. Fikse

Matt Fikse-Verkerk (Twitter: @mattfikse) covered urban affairs, politics, tech, and business at Crosscut from 2009 to 2014. He lives in Seattle and works for a biotechnology firm in Redmond, WA.