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On February 19, 2022, Benjamin Jeffrey Smith approached and assaulted a small group of protesters, at the edge of Normandale Park in Portland, Oregon, United States. [2] He murdered one, caused the paralysis of another (who later died of complications resulting from the attack) from the shoulders down, and seriously injured three others, including a bystander who had approached to deescalate.
Kendra James was a 21-year-old African-American Oregonian mother of two, who was fatally shot by police on May 5, 2003. The incident sparked a controversy over the use of deadly force by the Portland Police Bureau in Portland, Oregon. [1]: 1669 [2]
Portland: 1949-08-06: Teenager abducted and murdered: Jeannace June Freeman: 1961: Murdered two children of her lover, first woman sentenced to death in Oregon [9] Murder of Martha Morrison: Portland: 1974-09: 17-year-old girl disappeared from Portland, remains discovered 2015: Jim Bradley: Portland: 1982-02-20: Pro basketball player shot to ...
Police in Oregon say a suspect is dead after opening fire in a hospital in downtown Portland Saturday, a shooting that left one person dead and another injured.
A former pro wrestler has been accused of shooting and killing his wife in Portland, Oregon, police said.. William Albert Haynes Jr., 70, is in police custody at a hospital where he is being ...
Cathedral Park, near the site of Thelma Taylor's murder, 2013. During the early morning of August 5, 1949, Thelma Taylor, a 15-year-old sophomore at Roosevelt High School, was waiting for a bus on North Fessenden Street in the St. Johns neighborhood in north Portland, Oregon, intending to travel about 17 miles to the town of Hillsboro to obtain a summer job picking beans.
On August 29, 2020, Aaron Danielson, an American supporter of the far-right group Patriot Prayer, [1] [2] was shot and killed, allegedly by a far-left activist, after participating in a caravan which drove through Portland, Oregon, displaying banners and signs supporting President Donald Trump, [3] and clashing with participants in the local George Floyd protests.
The St. Johns Shipbuilding Plant was established in 1904 with US$10,000 in capital. [13] The St. Johns Library opened in 1907 after years of community interest in a reading room. T. J. Monahan was the president of the library committee during its construction. Upon its completion, the Portland Library donated 200 books to the new establishment ...