Christopher Edward Knipe pled guilty to one count of first-degree manslaughter after hitting 23-year-old Sean Kealiher with an SUV outside the Democratic Party Headquarters in Northeast Portland.
Update, Oct. 14, 3 pm: Nearly one hundred people gathered to memorialize Kealiher on Sunday evening in front of the office for the Democratic Party of Oregon—the Northeast Portland building where Kealiher was hit. The crowd—many dressed in all black, or "black bloc"—waved flares and left candles and flowers on the sidewalk memorial created in front of the building. Some used spray paint and chalk to write messages on the building, like "RIP Sean" and.
Nearly three years after a Portland activist was struck and killed in a seemingly deliberate hit-and-run, police say that they have arrested a man for his murder.