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About 50 protesters showed up outside Old Nick’s Pub in Eugene Sunday, fired up over a child drag star's appearance in a drag queen story time event. They were met with 200 counterprotesters.

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Protesters, some of them armed, threw rocks and smoke grenades at each other outside a drag queen story time event at an Oregon pub, but the weekend show that was to have featured a child performer went on as planned.

Dozens of people showing up to protest a Drag Queen Storytime event scheduled at Old Nicks Pub in Eugene Sunday morning were met with roughly 200 counterprotesters in front of

Like two peas in a pod. >> it was a monday afternoon, the week before halloween. nick and christina got off the school bus and walked home together. cobb county prosecutor jesse evans. >> first thing they did is go downstairs to see if they could find nicks mom. her car was there. she should be there. >> while christina stayed by the door, nick went inside. someone was there but not his mom. >> nick turned the corner and he saw something move across the bedroom down the long hallway. >> it was a...

He didnt and was arrested again in september. this time, he was sent to a psychiatric hospital for evaluation. prosecutor jesse evans. >> hes got some severe issues with obsession. i dont think that he has the ability to feel compassion for other people. hes clearly a brilliant individual. hes also a brilliantly scary individual. >> while daker was hospitalized, lottie packed up and moved to the house in cobb county, about 20 minutes north of atlanta where carmen and nick lived downstairs. >> so...

Nick was fighting for his life. they rushed to be at his side. >> we went straight to the hospital. >> you must have been thinking, how could someone stab a 5-year-old, your nephew, approximately 18 times. thats a monster. >> exactly. >> i wont ever forget walking in that hospital room -- sorry. yeah. and you have to come to grips with reality. >> and it was a grim reality. after emergency surgery, nick was in critical condition. he looked so little, so fragile in his hospital bed. >> you never ...

Remember it pretty well. >> nick smith was only 5 years old when a masked man stabbed him 18 times and killed his mother, carmen. while recovering in the hospital, nick was told his mother was gone. >> do you remember your mom? >> not as well as i wish i did. most of my memories are just stories ive been told from other people. >> carmens sister kristin and her husband jim helped raise nick. bedtime stories were often about his beautiful mother. >> she was very athletic. she was into swimming, b...

His chest. >> he was running and yelling down the street, call 911, call 911. call 911. >> lottie was at work when she got a frantic call from her daughter. >> she was hysterical. she was saying that nick was hurt and i drove home as fast as i could. i was screaming for christina and nick. they werent there. >> lottie didnt see carmen either, but when police officers arrived at the scene, they made a terrible discovery. the vivacious flight attendant and devoted single mother was dead. she had b...

Update: Roads are now open at 1st Avenue from Lawrence and Jefferson, according to Eugene Police.

The manager of Old Nick’s Pub in Eugene says a Sunday drag event will go on, despite violent and angry threats from online extremists.