@fox12oregon: The man who was shot and killed by police after he allegedly attacked two people with a box cutter was identified Sunday by both his family and Portland police as 36-year-old Eric Hurtado. Eric's family say he had struggled with mental health for 10 years. His mother, Noemi Adderley, said she last spoke to him Tuesday and was days away from bringing him home to California for treatment. His siblings remembered him as funny, artistic, and “my person” before illness, noting he leaves behind a 15-year-old child. The family says they were shocked by the violence, expressed sympathy for the injured, and are asking for transparency while urging others struggling not to feel alone. More coverage can be found on the free FOX 12 Oregon news app.
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Monday 19 October 2026 18:58:58 GMT
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user1775366929825 :
He was stabbing people….
2026-10-19 22:20:13
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CrownedHopeless🪼 :
Reading the comments just proves no one cares about mental health or each other. I’m ashamed of you Portland. Honestly this is transplant behavior. Do better.
2026-10-19 21:25:32
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Kel :
Honestly just ban all box cutters
2026-10-19 21:03:07
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Jason :
I think you got clarity.
2026-10-20 00:52:30
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kar1naaguilar3 :
Meanwhile I got stabbed by a crazy 🐕🐕 that ran behind the counter while I was cashiering and stabbed me with a box cutter multiple times and she got out within 6months. That’s Washington state for you.
2026-10-19 21:25:46
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🇺🇸Hey hey hey🇺🇸 :
Wow, I feel for these parents.
2026-10-20 00:26:26
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Pineapplepanda :
Zero remorse
2026-10-20 00:56:51
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Forget me not :
Oregon….
2026-10-19 22:11:08
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Lights_Upon_A_Star P :
It's heartbreaking he couldn't get the help he needed . prayers for the family 🙏🙏🙏
2026-10-19 23:55:46
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Lord Larry :
wtf that broke my heart!
2026-10-19 23:26:50
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Misa :
poor dad !!!
2026-10-19 21:30:12
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user4810648930849 :
Great, now box cutters are going to get band. How am I supposed to do my job now 🤷🏼♀️
2026-10-19 22:32:06
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kittykatpurrslikenoother :
I'm so very sorry 😞
2026-10-19 21:29:14
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Coachmiguelangel :
Yes it was
2026-10-19 21:41:31
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Kathy Will :
So sorry
2026-10-19 21:45:00
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misssbehave :
That’s so sad.
2026-10-19 22:48:09
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❌ AJ SMITH ❌ :
Next
2026-10-20 01:36:55
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Bill :
Crazy
2026-10-20 00:57:55
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9mil4niggs :
We need common sense box cutter reform! It doesn't have to be like this!
2026-10-19 20:01:58
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Sid :
I’m so sorry but they obviously knew he was struggling, it’s your job as parents to try to figure out how to help. Innocent people got hurt and I’m tired of hearing about how mental illness is the cause. It’s not the cause it’s the consequence when either you don’t help yourself or you don’t get help. Mental illness is a spectrum and all you do is make everyone with any kind of one look crazy when shit like this happens.
2026-10-19 21:59:05
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Mar Cartier🐉✨ :
i’m struggling with my mental health and i’m not out here slicing and dicing..
2026-10-19 21:52:12
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spagheti in my pocket :
What are they supposed to do, try to catch him? Obviously this is terrible for everyone involved but he was still trying to stab more people
2026-10-19 19:07:14
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Dani :
While I have absolute sympathy for the parents, a social worker would not have kept that man from killing someone by stabbing them. When someone has actively stabbed people as this man did, the police act in the best interest of the public to protect them from a deadly weapon which a box cutter is universally categorized as a deadly weapon. The police shift from crisis intervention after active stabbing into protecting victims. Had he simply been holding it & not already attacked people maybe that would have warranted different action, but he stabbed people. Would it have been different if in the act of stabbing folks he hit someone’s artery? Because that’s a real risk of actively taking a box cutter to someone.
2026-10-19 20:34:58
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g :
WHY ARE PEOPLE WITH THESE PROBLEMS NOT SOMEWHERE THEY CAN GET HELP
2026-10-19 20:55:30
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Oregonboy1991 :
Thats Portland for you
2026-10-19 21:30:04
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