Woman, 53, identified as victim caught in gang crossfire in deadly North Portland shooting
Updated Dec 19, 2020;
Posted Dec 19, 2020
Kelley Marie Smith, 53, died at the scene of a North Portland shooting on Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020. (Family submitted photo)
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Portland police Saturday identified the victim of a fatal shooting two nights earlier as 53-year-old Kelley Marie Smith.
Smith was killed in front of her husband by gang-related crossfire and was not the intended target, authorities said. She died at the scene shortly before 7 p.m. Thursday near North Vancouver Avenue and North Stanton Street in the Eliot neighborhood.
Smith’s family released a photo.
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Suspect arrested in October killing of 22-year-old man in SE Portland
Updated Jan 15, 2021;
Update: A grand jury declined to indict Dario Papa-Vicente on any charges in connection with the killing.
Police said Dario Papa-Vicente was booked into the Multnomah County Detention Center on charges of second-degree murder and unlawful use of a weapon. He is accused in the death of Noah Terry, 22.
Officers responded to reports of shots fired about 9:30 p.m., Oct. 24, at Southeast 48th Avenue and Southeast Division Street. Though they found no victims at the scene, but Terry later arrived at a hospital with a gunshot wound, police said.
December 18 2020
The most recent homicide took place Thursday evening near Legay Emanuel Medical Center in North Portland.
Police responded to the fifth fatal shooting in five days in the Portland area on Thursday, Dec. 17.
The name of the most recent victim was not immediately released, and no suspect information was available. As of Friday morning, no one had been arrested in any of the killings.
According to police, shortly before 7 p.m. on Dec. 17, homicide detectives were called to the scene of a fatal shooting in the area of North Vancouver Avenue and Stanton Street, not far from Legacy Emanuel Medical Center. The victim died at the scene, the police said.