Beavercreek man charged with shooting Portland federal courthouse January 13 2021
Cody Melby had attended Salem Stop the Steal protest prior to allegedly firing shots into the Hatfield Federal Courthouse.
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An armed man upset about the results of the 2020 presidential election fired five shots into the side of Portland s federal courthouse on Friday, Jan. 8, according to court documents filed in federal court Sunday.
Cody Levi Melby, 39, of Beavercreek, reportedly climbed over the temporary security fence erected last summer to keep racial justice protesters outside the federal courthouse before he opened fire on the building, the documents state. No one was injured in the attack.
An armed man upset about the results of the 2020 presidential election fired five shots into the side of Portland’s federal courthouse on Friday, according to court documents filed in federal court Sunday.
The U.S. Attorney s Office for Oregon has charged 39-year old Cody Melby after he allegedly fired five shots from a handgun at the Mark O. Hatfield Federal Courthouse in Portland.
Credit U.S. Attorney s Office for Oregon
Cody Levi Melby, 39, reportedly climbed over the temporary security fence erected this summer to keep racial justice protesters outside the federal courthouse before he opened fire on the building, the documents state. No one was injured in the attack.
11 Jan 2021
A man who allegedly fired five shots into a Portland, Oregon, federal courthouse was arrested two days earlier at a Salem, Oregon, “Stop the Steal” rally, court documents filed Sunday stated.
Cody Levi Melby, 39, allegedly climbed over the temporary security fence put into place this summer to keep rioters outside the federal courthouse before opening fire on the building on Friday, Oregon Public Broadcasting reported.
KPTV reported that several bullets were fired into the building’s exterior.
No injuries were reported during the attack.
Then, two courthouse security officers spotted him on a closed-circuit security camera and then approached him. The U.S. attorney’s office said Melby told the officers he was armed and was taken into custody without further incident.