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Survivors and friends of a woman killed in 2022 while aiding with a nearby protest erupted in fury during a sentencing hearing for shooter Benjamin Smith.

The man who shot five people, killing one, near Northeast Portland’s Normandale Park last year was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison with the possibility of parole after 55 years.

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Benjamin Smith was convicted of firing into a group of Black Lives Matter demonstrators at Portland's Normandale Park last year, killing one and wounding four.

The gunman, Benjamin Smith, killed volunteer traffic coordinator June Knightly, paralyzed another woman and injured three others.

Benjamin Smith, the man suspected of shooting and killing June Knightly and injuring four others near Northeast Portland’s Normandale Park, was reported to the Portland police non-emergency line in May 2021, OPB has learned.

In 2020, Portland’s racial justice protests brought five women together over the shared interest of keeping their community safe. Two years later, their lives were torn apart when an enraged stranger opened fire on them at a park in Northeast Portland. The women’s stories provide a new perspective on a chaotic scene, illuminate cracks in the systems built to protect them and shine a light on the complex trauma that comes with surviving a targeted shooting.