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The city has documented 858 separate shootings throughout the year. Author: Pat Dooris Updated: 8:19 PM PST December 18, 2020
PORTLAND, Oregon
Portland has had more homicides in 2020 than any other year in the past 27 years.
Fifty-two people died by homicide in the city, the most since 1993 when 54 people were killed.
The killings come at a time the city is wracked by gun violence.
The Portland Police Bureau (PPB) reports that since Jan.1, there were 858 separate shooting incidents in which 224 people were hit by bullets, including those who died.
This week alone, five people were killed.
The most recent involved a woman shot and killed in front of her husband, according to District Attorney Mike Schmidt. It happened Thursday night near Legacy Emanuel hospital in Northeast Portland.