Tripwire device — A bomb squad technician removed an improvised firearm loaded with a shotgun shell that appeared to be designed to be fired by a tripwire near Portland’s Forest Park, police said Monday. Police said the wire was slack, and the device, made of a pipe, didn’t appear to work. Nobody was reported hurt. Police said the device was reported Saturday on a trail used by hikers, bikers and horse riders. “These kinds of devices are more likely to be found in a rural area where someone is trying to protect something,” said Portland police spokesman Sgt. Pete Simpson. Portland resident Mike Colbach said that he and his wife, Jennifer, encountered the device while taking a walk with their dog Thursday. Jennifer Colbach noticed a length of parachute cord stretched across the trail. “My wife said, ‘Be careful here,’ and she stepped over the cord,” Colbach said. “The dog stepped on it.” The line went slack and Jennifer Colbach noticed something move in the woods off to their right. They continued on their walk, but Mike Colbach returned Saturday to investigate. He found the parachute cord rigged to a pipe — open at one end, closed at the other —that was attached to a tree. There appeared to be a firing pin at the end of the pipe. The cord was attached to a beer bottle that was supposed to swing down and strike the firing pin at the back of the device when the cord was tripped. The Colbach’s dog apparently tripped the device, but the gun malfunctioned. Colbach thinks the beer bottle missed the firing pin.

Woman runs over boyfriend, twice, police say — Police in Eugene said a 23-year-old woman is accused of running over her boyfriend twice in the same day. After the second run-in, officers said she gave him a ride to the hospital. The man’s injuries were not serious. Police on Friday arrested Jessica Bleyhl for investigation of second-degree assault, hit-and-run causing injury and failure to perform the duties of a driver. They said the 31-year-old man was hit by a Honda Civic late Wednesday afternoon and again four hours later. Officers said the two had been involved in a dispute when the woman hit the man with her car and drove off. A relative took him to a hospital. Four hours later, after leaving the hospital, police said, the man saw the car at a doughnut shop and tried to approach but the woman backed over him, then gave him a ride. Police also arrested the victim, Justin Paul Lewis, on warrants for two counts of being a felon in possession of a weapon and unlawful possession of ecstasy.

Residential fire — Authorities in Douglas County say a fire in a double-wide home four miles north of Roseburg has killed the resident and pets. A neighbor in the community, Winchester, tried to alert the resident early Monday by pounding on the door, and then called firefighters. The victim was not immediately identified. The residence was destroyed.