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Police officials in Portland are seeking the public s help to break the cycle of violence in the Oregon city, where shootings and murders have risen. This was according to local officials, as reported by Fox News.
Portland officials have reported at least 850 shooting as of Dec. 24. At least 59 from those number were reported only this month, according to Portland Police Bureau statistics.
Meanwhile, there were 33 shootings reported in December last year.
This year s shootings had exceeded last year s by more than 116 percent with 393 shooting reported in all of 2019. This is as of this year s Christmas Eve.
Portland Police Bureau Lieutenant Greg Pashley said that at least 225 people were shot this year, some of which contributed to the number of homicides reported, according to a KGW8 report.