Woman killed, two men wounded in Sunday shootings May 16 2021
The shootings happened after the Portland Police Bureau put eight additional officers on the streets because of a threat of imminent gun violence.
Shootings and deaths continued in Portland over the weekend despite a push by police and the FBI to reduce gun violence.
The names of the victims were not immediately released.
Police say a woman was shot and killed in North Portland on Sunday morning, May 16. A suspect was arrested.
Officers responded to a reported shooting on North Newman Avenue between North Winchell Street and North Kilpatrick Avenue at around 8:30 a.m. on May 16. They found a woman deceased at the scene.
Portland-based attorney James Buchal on the federal government dropping nearly half of all Portland riot cases.
Portland, Oregon, Mayor Ted Wheeler said Saturday he was grateful for the White House’s support after President Biden reversed a Trump administration order that allowed federal agents to intervene in the city s riots last summer. Thankful for the support of the current administration, the embattled mayor, who narrowly won reelection, pointedly wrote on Twitter.
The anti-rioting executive order was among several Biden reversed Friday through his own executive orders.
Trump actions canceled by Biden included the former president s July order to create a garden of monuments to American Heroes in response to damage to statues across the U.S.
Police, FBI investigating multiple weekend shootings in Portland
By AP News Staff
Photo credit: Portland Police Bureau
PORTLAND, Ore. - Police on Sunday were getting help from the FBI in investigating the latest round of shootings in Portland amid a cycle of violence that the city’s police chief believes is gang-related.
At least three shootings were reported over the weekend. A woman was killed in a shooting Sunday morning about an hour after a man suffered serious gunshot injuries in another shooting, police said. The man was expected to recover.
On Saturday morning, a woman was shot in the shoulder as she was driving, but she is expected to survive, police said. Authorities believe the shooter was in another vehicle.