Re: 'Violent weekend' leaves 5 dead on Portland streets

 > social justice wrote:
 > PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — “I can’t remember another weekend
that was as
 > violent as this weekend,” Chris Gjovik said. That’s really
something, since
 > Gjovik is the Assistant Chief for the Portland Police Bureau.
 >
 > Four people died in three separate shootings, and another person
died from a
 > stabbing. The crimes happened in different parts of the city and
Gjovik said
 > none of the deaths are connected.
 >
 > Sherwood man, 20, identified as victim of fatal Sellwood Park
shooting
 > It began Friday night when 20-year-old Asher Mendes was found shot
to death
 > at Sellwood Riverfront Park. The suspect remains at large.
 >
 > Just before 8 p.m. Saturday, two men were killing near the
Broughton Beach
 > area, and again, the shooter or shooters are on the loose.
 >
 > 2 men shot, killed at NE Portland boat ramp
 > Late Sunday, a man was killed in the Rose City Park neighborhood.
No arrests
 > have yet been made.
 >
 > Man dies after Rose City Park neighborhood shooting
 > Then in the early hours of Monday, a man was stabbed to death in
the
 > Powellhurst-Gilbert neighborhood of Southeast Portland. A suspect
in this
 > stabbing was taken into custody, officials said.
 >
 > 1 dead, suspect arrested after SE Portland stabbing
 > Jill Eakin, who told KOIN 6 News she was the stabbing victim’s
second
 > cousin, said he was a kind man who lived in Portland for a long
time.
 >
 > “Never hurt anyone,” Eakin said. “He was just a sweet, nice
man.” KOIN 6
 > News is awaiting confirmation from police of the man’s name.
 >
 > She knocked on doors in the area where he died looking for his dog.
She said
 > the residents in that neighborhood are afraid.
 >
 > “The neighbors here are all scared. They’re all worried and
they don’t feel
 > safe,” she said. “I don’t know how it really could get any
worse. This is as
 > bad as it gets.”
 >
 > Gjovik said the five homicide are “five too many. Even one of
those
 > community members being lost is too many. 
 This is well outside
of the norm
 > for Portland. As a member of our Chief’s office, I expect better.
And I
 > think everybody expects better of their community as well.”
 >
 > Person living in car shot, hospitalized in SE Portland
 > He added a weekend like this instills fear in the community.
 >
 > “And that’s something that we’re also trying to quell,” he
said. “To
 > respond, the police bureau is going to increase patrols in the
spaces and
 > open areas and be highly visible in the next week. We want to get
ahead of
 > violence before it occurs. And we want as many people out there as
possible
 > to stop the violence before it starts.”
 >
 > As always, police officials ask the public to say something if they
see
 > something.
 >
 > KOIN 6 News will continue to follow this story.
 >
 >
https://www.koin.com/news/portland/violent-weekend-leaves-5-dead-on-
 > portland-streets/

It is all done on purpose. We ask why? but
again it is a business model. Somebody ruins there lives and we want
to
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