Portland shootings continue as leaders struggle to slow surge
Police investigate two Monday shootings after staffing changes announced in response to increased gun violence.
Shootings continued in Portland late on Monday, Dec. 21, as city leaders struggled to slow the surge that began earlier this year.
Police responded to two shootings before midnight on Monday, including one incident where a person was wounded. The name of the victim was not immediately released and no suspect information was immediately available, either.
The most recent shootings occurred three days after Mayor Ted Wheeler announced a series of staffing changes and upcoming budget requests in response to the increase that has seen the number of shootings more than double this year compared to 2019. In his Friday, Dec. 18, announcement, Wheeler said that more detectives will be immediately assigned to investigate and follow up on shootings, and more outreach and hospital-based trauma responders will
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Le Bistro Montage, the Cajun/Creole restaurant which served generations of prom dates and other late-night revelers for nearly three decades from its shadowy location under the Morrison Bridge, was a Portland institution. It officially closed in June.
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Do you remember where you were nine months ago? I do. On March 13, nine months ago as of this writing, I was out for dinner at a new restaurant, and it was packed. At the time, that wasn’t exactly a rarity. The most obvious perk of my job writing about restaurants for The Oregonian/OregonLive is getting to eat out at places new and old on the company dime. And spring is the time when I research our annual restaurant guide.
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