QuickTake:

Now that Lane County District Attorney Christopher Parosa has ruled that a Springfield detective was legally justified in shooting Daniel Kahn, the Springfield Police Department will launch two of its own reviews into the incident.

The two Springfield police officers injured in a stabbing July 30 have returned to full duty as reviews remain pending into the fatal shooting of the man who stabbed them, police said Wednesday, Sept. 24.

An 11-page report released Tuesday, Sept. 23, by the Lane County District Attorney found Springfield Detective Brian Dunn legally justified in shooting Daniel Kahn.

District Attorney Christopher Parosa wrote that Dunn acted in the defense of others when he fired two rounds that struck Kahn in the back after he had entered a car wash business holding two knives. Parosa’s report noted Kahn struggled with mental illness and lived “a transitory life on the streets that was marked by psychosis.”

The report stated Kahn stabbed one officer in his left arm and another officer in the right shoulder area, and a second time in the neck and shoulder area.

In a statement Wednesday, Springfield police thanked the district attorney for his report, as well as other law enforcement agencies involved in the investigative report about the shooting provided to Parosa.

“Our condolences remain with the family and friends of Daniel Kahn. The loss of a loved one, regardless of the circumstances, is always a tragedy. His struggles with mental health and substance use underscore the complex challenges faced by many individuals and families,” police said in the statement.

Parosa wrote that he studied the legality of the shooting, rather than evaluating tactical decisions or whether departmental policies were followed.

Springfield police will conduct an administrative investigation, described in Parosa’s report as beginning when officers responding to a report of a disorderly man. That was followed by a physical altercation when the stabbings took place and officers using a Taser and then firing a less-lethal round at Kahn.

The department also will convene a Force Review Committee, a type of review process that exists for Springfield following a 2020 legal settlement after the police shooting of Stacy William Kenny.

By department policy, Chief Jami Resch appoints members to the committee, which is to include four standing members: the department’s operations division commander; its defensive tactics supervisor; the firearms instructor supervisor and a Crisis Intervention Team coordinator trained in responding to mental health crises.