Police, FBI investigating multiple weekend shootings in Portland
By AP News Staff
Photo credit: Portland Police Bureau
PORTLAND, Ore. - Police on Sunday were getting help from the FBI in investigating the latest round of shootings in Portland amid a cycle of violence that the city’s police chief believes is gang-related.
At least three shootings were reported over the weekend. A woman was killed in a shooting Sunday morning about an hour after a man suffered serious gunshot injuries in another shooting, police said. The man was expected to recover.
On Saturday morning, a woman was shot in the shoulder as she was driving, but she is expected to survive, police said. Authorities believe the shooter was in another vehicle.
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Woman shot in Southeast Portland early Saturday
The shooting follows a warning from elected and law enforcment officials about imminent gun violence.
Despite a stepped-up effort by law enforcement agencies to prevent gun violence, a woman was shot in Southeast Portland early Saturday, May 25.
The name and condition of the victim were not immediately released. No suspect information was available, either.
According to police, at 7:42 a.m. on May 15, East Precinct officers responded to a report of someone shot near Southeast Stark Street and Southeast 119th Avenue. Officers arrived and found an adult female injured.
She was transported to a hospital by ambulance. Police said her injuries were not believed to be life-threatening.
Woman shot in Southeast Portland early Saturday
The shooting follows a warning from elected and law enforcment officials about imminent gun violence.
Despite a stepped-up effort by law enforcement agencies to prevent gun violence, a woman was shot in Southeast Portland early Saturday, May 25.
The name and condition of the victim were not immediately released. No suspect information was available, either.
According to police, at 7:42 a.m. on May 15, East Precinct officers responded to a report of someone shot near Southeast Stark Street and Southeast 119th Avenue. Officers arrived and found an adult female injured.
She was transported to a hospital by ambulance. Police said her injuries were not believed to be life-threatening.
Portland, Oregon, native Elijah Hasan is using his artistic talent to bring awareness to the growing gun violence currently taking place in his city.
Earlier this month, Hasan, along with anti-gun activists, including representatives from organizations such as The No Hate Zone, the Portland Rotary Peace Builders, and Loved is Stronger, came together to unveil one of many billboards focused on getting to the root of the gun violence issue that has struck the city of roughly 665,000 residents, roughly 6 percent of whom are African-American.
The billboard displays an image of a Black man’s head next to a bullet inscribed with a stylized drawing of the hold of a slave ship, both images accompanied by the message: “Racism + Self-hate = gun violence. Reject the oppression.” The group also implored members of the Black community to “destroy white supremacy, not each other.”