UPDATE: Portland police identify the woman killed near Cathedral Park as a TriMet driver.
Two people were wounded and another two killed as Portland Police Bureau and Gresham Police Department officers responded to four shootings across the city on Wednesday, May 5.
Portland police have identified the woman killed near Cathedral Park as Breauna White, 30, a TriMet driver. Our hearts go out to Bre and her family, TriMet said in a Thursday statement. She was a valued bus operator and will be missed by her co-workers and the entire TriMet team.
The four separate shootings began just after midnight and continued into the afternoon hours, authorities say. There is no indication the incidents are linked, PPB spokesman Greg Pashley told Pamplin Media.
May 05 2021
Officers responded to fatal shootings in Portland and in Gresham, to two other injury shootings, and arrested a suspected bank robber.
Two people were wounded and another two killed as Portland Police Bureau and Gresham Police Department officers responded to four shootings across the city on Wednesday, May 5.
The four separate shootings began just after midnight and continued into the afternoon hours, authorities say. There is no indication the incidents are linked, PPB spokesman Greg Pashley told Pamplin Media.
Police say the first incident happened after midnight, around 12:52 a.m., in the Centennial neighborhood near the intersection of Southeast 162nd Avenue and Taylor Street. A person in a car was shot by someone in a different vehicle, which sped away before police arrived. The assailant squeezed off multiple shots.