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Portland Police Chief Rosie Sizer said an officer who was attempting to help a man who had set himself on fire accidentally sprayed him with pepper spray.
Sizer said the officer spotted the man in flames Wednesday in downtown Portland and hurried to get a fire extinguisher from the trunk of her patrol car.
Instead, Sizer said, she accidentally grabbed a large can of pepper spray, colored red like an extinguisher.
Portland fire officials said the nonflammable spray had no additional effect on the man.The man, identified as 26-year-old Daniel Shaull of Dodge City, Kan., died at a hospital later Wednesday.
His father, Warren Shaull, told The Oregonian that his son had psychiatric problems and was living on the streets.
Sizer said the officer spotted the man in flames Wednesday in downtown Portland and hurried to get a fire extinguisher from the trunk of her patrol car.
Instead, Sizer said, she accidentally grabbed a large can of pepper spray, colored red like an extinguisher.
Portland fire officials said the nonflammable spray had no additional effect on the man.The man, identified as 26-year-old Daniel Shaull of Dodge City, Kan., died at a hospital later Wednesday.
His father, Warren Shaull, told The Oregonian that his son had psychiatric problems and was living on the streets.
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