Portland police: Swan Island shooting was gang-related
Police said at least one rival gang member shot at the group and some people fired back. Investigators found over 55 cartridge casings at the scene. Author: Morgan Romero Updated: 8:10 PM PDT May 19, 2021
PORTLAND, Ore. Police confirm a shooting on Swan Island Monday night is related to ongoing gang violence.
A sergeant with the Portland Police Bureau said about 60 people were at McDonalds on Swan Island after a funeral for 21-year-old Jemare Manns.
Manns was shot and killed on May 9 at a house party in the Lents neighborhood.
The police sergeant said at least one rival gang member shot at the group and some people fired back. Investigators found over 55 cartridge casings at the scene.
Oregon’s new FBI boss offering local police help to investigate spike in Portland shootings
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On Dec. 7, more than 50 bullets struck a small house in the 600 block of Northeast Morgan Street. Police found 83 shell casings nearby. In the first nine weeks of this year, Portland police have responded to 195 shootings, excluding suicides or attempted suicides. Fourteen people have died in shootings, out of 19 homicides so far this year.
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Calling the significant spike in shootings in Portland a “public safety crisis,” the new agent in charge of Oregon’s FBI said the FBI is offering to provide help.
Portland's soaring rate of gun violence and deaths is a “public safety crisis,” one in which the FBI intends to try to stem with local law enforcement, the new head of the FBI's field office in the city said Monday.
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