An Oregon man accused of killing one person and injuring five after opening fire on demonstrators in Portland was charged Tuesday with murder and other crimes, authorities said.
the confrontation erupted between an armed resident and armed protesters, but Tuesday's statement from the prosecutor's office didn't specify if the people who told Smith to leave them alone were armed.
Lovell declined to provide additional details about what evidence was taken. He also declined to discuss a potential motive, saying it didn't "make sense" to speculate. "These people were in his neighborhood walking around with guns ... trying to intimidate people," Killion said, recalling a recent conversation with Smith.
"He talked about wanting to go shoot commies and antifa," she recalled him saying, according to the network.