Police officer fires at man armed with Chinese food

Thursday, April 4, 2002

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

MEDFORD, Ore. -- The commander of the Jackson County, Ore., narcotics unit has been placed on administrative leave because he shot at a man who tossed a box of Chinese food through the window of his unmarked police car.

Lt. Jim Anderson fired one shot from his police handgun at 24-year-old Jorge Armando Cisneros, after Cisneros threw a white take-out box containing rice and possibly another dish through Anderson's open passenger window, said Medford police Lt. Mike Moran.

Investigators say Anderson feared for his personal safety.

"He was not able to identify (the box), but he felt threatened at that point," Moran said Wednesday.

It's too early to say whether Anderson correctly followed the sheriff's department's firearm policy, Capt. Ed Mayer said.

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