A Portland man has been charged with nine counts in connection to the deadly shooting in a public park last weekend where a group of racial justice protesters gathered in honor of Amir Locke.
"Many witnesses were uncooperative, and unfortunately someone chose to take critical evidence from that scene. Officers were able to secure the scene and get the victims additional medical assistance," Portland police chief Chuck Lovell said at a press conference Tuesday. He said officers determined there had been"a confrontation between an armed resident and armed protesters."
Schmidt and Lovell on Tuesday declined to comment on the motive, arguing more time was needed to conduct further investigation. Fox News Digital reached out to the Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office Wednesday but did not immediately receive a response. The shooting was just one of three major incidents of gun violence in Portland over the weekend.
"First and foremost is to stop the shooting. Get this to stop. We are in unprecedented territory again this year," FBI Portland Special Agent In Charge Kieran Ramsey said."Whereas, last year law enforcement, especially Portland Police Bureau, continued to sound the alarm of record-breaking violence on the streets of Portland, this year we are already on pace to easily surpass that level." Lovell detailed the two other incidents of gun violence last weekend.
An officer-involved shooting occurred in the 900 block of Broadway Drive. It began with a suspicious disturbance call around 6:42 p.m. Saturday. While en route, officers were informed of shots fired, and residents were ordered to shelter in place. An officer shot and killed an individual around 8:30 p.m. Officers were dispatched to 128th Street and Southeast Foster Road around 10:30 p.m. Sunday for a shooting inside a vehicle.
"As a father, I was particularly struck by what happened this weekend with two small children being shot," Wheeler said."I don’t know how anyone in this community could hear about or read about or in some cases personally experience the kind of horrific violence we’ve seen this weekend and feel anything other than utter despair and a profound sense of sadness."
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