Portland police ID man shot, killed by officer

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Authorities have identified a man shot and killed by Portland police on Saturday as 28-year-old Billy Wayne Simms.

Police said Sunday that Simms was involved in a number of criminal incidents in the days before he was killed. They say officers tried to contact Simms in the parking lot of a convenience store after he fired at the occupants of another vehicle. Authorities say Simms got in his car, drove off and was shot by Officer Justin Clary. His car crossed a street and crashed into an unoccupied apartment.

Police say Simms and two other people stole marijuana at gunpoint from a Portland home last week, and they say he was a suspect in an attempt to pass a counterfeit bill at a fast-food restaurant on July 20.