Homeless man dies two weeks after downtown Portland assault July 29 2021
Portland Police Bureau detectives are now investigating the death of Patrick Pruitt as a homicide, authorities say.
The victim in a downtown Portland assault has died two weeks after he was found unconscious following a fight.
Police say Patrick Bernard Pruitt, Jr., 50, died Monday evening, July 26, inside a hospital. Pruitt was first hospitalized after police found him knocked out and suffering serious injures near Southwest Broadway and Ankeny Street around 8:11 p.m. on Thursday, July 15.
Police say his injuries were determined to be life-threatening at that time, and homicide detectives have been working the case ever since.
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Killer Burger Will Open Its 13th Location in the Former Lompoc Tavern Slabtown Building The space also housed Avenue 23 Tap and Table, which recently closed. Photo by Carly Diaz. Updated April 22 at 11:30 PM The edges of Slabtown that once were restaurant dead zones continue to get breaths of fresh air in the form of chic new dining rooms and sunny patios. Killer Burger announced last week that it had signed a lease for its fifth location within Portland proper at 1620 NW 23rd Ave.
Waterloo Firefighters were called to a house fire early Wednesday morning, according to KWWL. A fire broke out in the 500 block of Ankeny Street around 12:30 Wednesday morning. When firefighters arrived on scene they found flames coming from the front of the home. They were able to put the blaze out in 20 minutes. Nobody was home at the time of the fire, however, one person has been displaced due to the blaze. The Fire Marshal is currently conducting an investigation on the cause of the fire.
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It Was an Apocalyptic Year for Portland Food. Here Are 12 Things That Didn’t Suck. The devastation was the headline from March on. But even among the carnage, there was still culinary joy to be found. Ankeny Promenade. (Wesley Lapointe) Updated December 23, 2020 Nobody needs to be reminded what a shit year it was for Portland s food scene. Empires toppled, neighborhood hangouts shuttered, thousands lost work. And it s still not over. The devastation was the headline from March on. But even among the carnage, there was still culinary joy to be found, primarily in the scrappiness of the city s restaurateurs who adapted, pivoted and innovated on the fly to make what they could out of this rotted