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Oregon’s new FBI boss offering local police help to investigate spike in Portland shootings
Updated Mar 08, 2021;
Posted Mar 08, 2021
On Dec. 7, more than 50 bullets struck a small house in the 600 block of Northeast Morgan Street. Police found 83 shell casings nearby. In the first nine weeks of this year, Portland police have responded to 195 shootings, excluding suicides or attempted suicides. Fourteen people have died in shootings, out of 19 homicides so far this year.
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Calling the significant spike in shootings in Portland a “public safety crisis,” the new agent in charge of Oregon’s FBI said the FBI is offering to provide help.
Fisherman who died after falling overboard in Willamette River identified
Updated Mar 09, 2021;
Posted Mar 09, 2021
An aerial view of the Swan Island lagoon on the Willamette River in Portland. LC- The Oregonian
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Oscar De Wayne Mayes, a 56-year-old Portland resident, reportedly fell overboard Saturday around 6:20 p.m. after losing his balance in the Swan Island lagoon, an inlet of the Willamette River in North Portland, according to the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office. A dog on board also fell into the water
Marine deputies and Portland Fire & Rescue responded with a rescue boat and land units to search for Mayes. He was found around 6:45 p.m and declared dead on the scene.
Portland's soaring rate of gun violence and deaths is a “public safety crisis,” one in which the FBI intends to try to stem with local law enforcement, the new head of the FBI's field office in the city said Monday.