Posted on Feb 24, 2022
Multnomah County prosecutor charges suspected park shooter with murder
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“(Smith) approached the demonstration and confronted several of its participants, yelling at them and demanding they leave the area,” prosecutors wrote.
The Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office filed murder and attempted murder charges Tuesday for the man suspected of shooting five people at a park in Northeast Portland on Saturday night.
Benjamin Jeffrey Smith, 43, allegedly confronted participants at a racial justice demonstration Saturday night before pulling out a handgun and shooting multiple people in the crowd, according to witnesses and prosecutors. Brandy “June” Knightly, 60, was killed and four others were injured.
A member of the crowd shot Smith, who remains hospitalized and in critical care.
In seeking an arrest warrant, prosecutors have charged Smith with one count of second degree murder, four counts of attempted first degree murder with a firearm, as well as four counts of assault with a firearm.
Court records filed Tuesday also state that one victim was “paralyzed from the neck down” and is hospitalized in critical condition. Three other victims were also shot in multiple places, and one of them remains hospitalized. The two others have been treated and released.
The Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office filed murder and attempted murder charges Tuesday for the man suspected of shooting five people at a park in Northeast Portland on Saturday night.
Benjamin Jeffrey Smith, 43, allegedly confronted participants at a racial justice demonstration Saturday night before pulling out a handgun and shooting multiple people in the crowd, according to witnesses and prosecutors. Brandy “June” Knightly, 60, was killed and four others were injured.
A member of the crowd shot Smith, who remains hospitalized and in critical care.
In seeking an arrest warrant, prosecutors have charged Smith with one count of second degree murder, four counts of attempted first degree murder with a firearm, as well as four counts of assault with a firearm.
Court records filed Tuesday also state that one victim was “paralyzed from the neck down” and is hospitalized in critical condition. Three other victims were also shot in multiple places, and one of them remains hospitalized. The two others have been treated and released.
Multnomah County prosecutor charges suspected park shooter with murder
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And the right will say the person who shot Smith, lawfully, should be charged also.
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PO1 John Johnson
Sorry John, but law-abiding gun owners on BOTH sides of the political spectrum who understand when and where to actually use their weapons would never say or do such an irrational thing. Your statement is strictly Left-wing loony gun grabbing BS right there.
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Right, left who cares. Someone shot someone else. The perpetrator should see the courtroom for a just trial. If the second shooter was carrying a weapon legally and shot a person trying to save others then yeah.
Right, Left does not matter. We make it matter. Good is good, Bad is Bad or evil. Enough with the politics just report the facts.
Right, Left does not matter. We make it matter. Good is good, Bad is Bad or evil. Enough with the politics just report the facts.
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