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Police shoot, kill driver in Hillsboro police station parking lot

No officers were hurt. Police said the driver who died was armed and refused to drop his handgun.

HILLSBORO, Ore. — Hillsboro police fatally shot a man in the parking lot of the department's West Precinct on Monday night.

No officers were hurt.

According to Sgt. Eric Bunday with Hillsboro police, an officer was investigating a suspicious situation between two drivers, both men, in the parking lot, located at 250 SE 10th Ave.

Police said one of the drivers, 39-year-old Jason Livengood, was armed with a handgun and refused to drop it. Shots were fired during an encounter with police at 6:11 p.m.

Livengood died at the scene. 

The other driver was not hurt.

A handgun was recovered in the parking lot.

The Washington County Major Crimes Team is investigating the shooting.

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