Court documents released Friday state that Christopher Knipe, 47, allegedly confessed to police that he was driving a vehicle that killed Sean Kealiher in October 2019.
After years of investigation, Portland officers have arrested a man for the murder of Sean Kealiher, a local anti-fascist activist who was 23 at the time of his death. Kealiher, known by friends as “Armeanio,” was fatally hit by someone in a black SUV in Northeast Portland in the early morning hours of October 12, 2019. Kealiher was struck shortly after leaving the now-shuttered Cider Riot pub on NE Couch and 8th. The driver fled.
Update, Oct. 14, 3 pm: Nearly one hundred people gathered to memorialize Kealiher on Sunday evening in front of the office for the Democratic Party of Oregon—the Northeast Portland building where Kealiher was hit. The crowd—many dressed in all black, or "black bloc"—waved flares and left candles and flowers on the sidewalk memorial created in front of the building. Some used spray paint and chalk to write messages on the building, like "RIP Sean" and.