ACCORDING TO THE POLICE THEY HAD OPENED A HOMICIDE INVESTIGATION AFTER THE VICTIM WAS HIT IN THE CHEST AS GUNFIRE BROKE OUT SATURDAY EVENING IN THE OREGON CITY, AN EPICENTER OF NEAR NIGHTLY DEMONSTRATIONS FOR THREE MONTHS.
PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE SCENE SHOWED THE VICTIM WEARING A HAT WITH A LOGO FOR “PATRIOT PRAYER,” DESCRIBED BY LOCAL MEDIA AS A FAR-RIGHT GROUP AT THE CENTER OF MULTIPLE PORTLAND DEMONSTRATIONS THAT HAVE ENDED IN VIOLENCE.