“I was a daughter," Fanny Ball's oration begins, "I was born. I was the daughter of one of those chiefs, the ones that don’t die of old age. Kientpaush was hanged." Kintpuash, Ball's father, was also called Captain Jack. He was a Modoc leader who resisted militarized white settlers in defense of Modoc lands, now known as Northern California and Oregon. "Kientpaush was hanged. He was hunted, and imprisoned. He was judged, and he was.
Pamplin Media Group February 20 2021
The juveniles were allegedly involved in a targeted drug-related robbery where Leroy Xavier Wass-Morrill was stabbed
The Tigard Police Department has made two arrests in connection with the Jan. 29 stabbing murder of Leroy Xavier Wass-Morrill.
Wass-Morrill, 22, had called 9-1-1 that night to report he d been stabbed at his apartment complex, the Silver Creek Apartments in the 11500 block of Southwest Hall Boulevard. He was unable to identify his attacker and died a short time later.
On Thursday, Tigard Police Detectives arrested a 17-year-old girl and her 16-year-old relative in the case. The motive appears to be a targeted drug-related robbery. During the course of the robbery, a physical altercation ensued, and the victim was stabbed by one of the suspects, according to Tigard police.