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Page 6 * The ST. JOHNS REVIEW * #1-Jan. 15, 2016 * Email: reviewnewspaper@gmail.com * Mail: PO Box 83068, Port. OR 97283 * Web: www.stjohnsreview.com * Phone: 503-283-5086 POLICE & FIRE REPORTS SHOOTING IN NORTH PORTLAND - ONE DEAD, TWO INJURED News Release from Portland Po- lice Bureau Posted on FlashAlert: December 20th, 2015 3:04 PM On Saturday December 19, 2015, at 4:50 a.m., North Precinct of- ficers responded to numerous reports of gunfire at the Dahuru Motorcycle Club, located at 8443 North Kerby Avenue. As officers were responding they received additional information that more than two dozen gunshots were heard by area witnesses and that the suspects were two African American males that fled the area in an unknown-type of vehicle. Officers and medical personnel arrived and located three gunshot victims. One victim was deceased and two others were injured. The two injured victims were trans- ported by medical personnel to a Portland hospital with traumatic, but not believed to be life-threat- ening injuries. North Columbia Boulevard was closed in both directions, at Kerby Avenue, as part of the investigation. Homi- cide detectives, Criminalists from the Forensic Evidence Division (FED) and the Medical Examiner responded to begin a death inves- tigation. Preliminary information indicated that some witnesses may have left the scene prior to talking with the police. The man killed in the Saturday morning shooting has been iden- tified as 40-year-old Demarcus Spencer. The two other gunshot victims have been identified as 41-year-old Dwayne Bates and 35-year-old Jason Burk. At this point, detectives believe that there was an exchange of gunfire result- ing in the death and two injuries. Detectives have not established the relationships of the victims to each other or the Dahuru Motorcycle club, which is housed in the build- ing. There have been no arrests and there is no suspect information. Anyone with information about this shooting is asked to contact Detective Rico Beniga at 503- 823-0457, rico.beniga@portlan- doregon.gov; or Detective Todd Gradwahl at 503-823-0991, todd. gradwahl@portlandoregon.gov. ----------------------------------------- MARINE DRIVE CLOSED AFTER 18-WHEELER BLOWN OFF ROADWAY News Release from Portland Police Bureau Posted on FlashAlert: December 21st, 2015 2:06 PM On Monday December 21, 2015, at 1:14 p.m., North Precinct offi- cers responded to the 7800 block of Northeast Marine Drive on the re- port that a tractor-trailer was blown off the roadway towards the Co- lumbia River. Officers and medical personnel arrived and determined that the truck driver was not injured in the crash. Tow trucks have been ordered to pull the 18-wheeler back up to the roadway. Marine Drive remained closed from Northeast 33rd Avenue to 122nd Avenue for the time being due to the crash and additional risk due to the wind. ----------------------------------------- GANG ENFORCEMENT TEAM INVESTIGATING THREE OVERNIGHT SHOOT- INGS IN NE PORTLAND -- ONE PERSON INJURED News Release from Portland Police Bureau REVIEW History Continued from Page 5 When word began to spread that the Northern Pacific Railroad was coming he said, “It’s confident- ly expected, that in the course of time, the railroad will pass through St. Johns.” At the time it stopped in Vancouver. Crome continued, “Congress has authorized the con- struction of a bridge from Vancou- ver across the Columbia, and when this bridge is built and the line of the Northern Pacific Co. thrown across, it must of necessity pass through St. Johns in order to reach Portland. When this has been accomplished St. Johns will have shipping facil- ities which cannot be equaled in any part of the coast and it is safe to predict that manufacturing prop- erty will become more valuable here than at any other point on the Posted on FlashAlert: December 26th, 2015 11:49 AM The Portland Police Bureau’s Gang Enforcement Team (GET) is investigating three overnight shootings that occurred in vari- ous neighborhoods in Northeast Portland. One person was injured in one of the shootings but it’s un- clear if any of these shootings are related to one another. On Saturday December 26, 2015, at 12:07 a.m., East Precinct officers responded to the report of gunfire in the area of Northeast 148th Avenue and Halsey Street. Officers arrived in the area and lo- cated evidence of gunfire but did not locate any gunshot victims. Witnesses reported seeing gunfire come from an occupant of one ve- hicle towards the occupants of an- other vehicle. A short time later a 23-year- old male victim suffering a non-life-threatening gunshot wound arrived at Legacy Eman- uel Medical Center. The victim is known to police as a gang associ- ate and he did not cooperate with officers at the hospital. At 3:14 a.m., North Precinct officers responded to numerous reports of gunfire at N. Haight Av- enue and Fremont Street. Officers arrived in the area and did not lo- cate any gunshot victims. Officers located several parked cars that sustained damage from gunfire. Later in the morning, a resident in the 3500 block of N. Haight Ave- nue reported to police that a bullet entered their home and traveled through a children’s playroom. Nobody in the home was injured by the shooting. At 5:00 a.m., North Precinct of- ficers responded to the 2700 block of NE Saratoga Street on the report that at approximately 4:40 a.m., someone fired numerous rounds from a handgun towards the caller. The caller described the suspect at an unknown race male with dread- locked hair and wearing dark cloth- ing. Officers arrived in the area and located evidence of gunfire and a parked vehicle with bullet damage. No gunshot victims were located in the area. The Tactical Operations Division is continuing to investigate several incidents of gun violence citywide. Anyone with information about gun crimes in the City of Portland is encouraged to provide infor- mation to the Portland Police Bu- reau’s Tactical Operations Division at 503-823-4106 or email informa- tion to gangs@portlandoregon. gov. Information learned from so- cial media sites such as Facebook, Twitter or YouTube should be shared with investigators as these tips may lead to the identification of a suspect or suspects. Tips on gun crimes can be emailed to Gun- TaskForce@portlandoregon.gov. If you see a gun crime in progress, call 9-1-1. ----------------------------------------- HUMBOLDT NEIGHBOR- HOOD HOME HIT BY GUNFIRE FRIDAY NIGHT News Release from Portland Po- lice Bureau Posted on FlashAlert: January 2nd, 2016 9:51 AM On Friday January 2, 2016, at 10:55 p.m., North Precinct and Gang En- forcement Team (GET) officers responded to a report that multiple rounds of gunfire entered a home in the 4700 block of N. Haight Av- enue. Officers arrived in the area and contacted the residents, learn- ing that there were no injuries in the home. Officers checking the street outside the home found ev- idence of gunfire in the intersec- tion of North Blandena Street and Haight Avenue. There was no sus- pect information at the time of the shooting. GET officers took over the investigation. The Tactical Op- erations Division is continuing to investigate several incidents of gun violence citywide. Anyone with in- formation about gun crimes in the City of Portland is encouraged to provide information to the Portland Police Bureau’s Tactical Opera- tions Division at 503-823-4106 or email information to gangs@port- landoregon.gov. ------------------------------------------ SHOOTING INVESTIGATION UNDERWAY IN PORTS- MOUTH NEIGHBORHOOD - ONE MAN INJURED News Release from Portland Po- lice Bureau Posted on FlashAlert: January 4th, 2016 8:11 AM On Monday January 4, 2016, at 6:38 a.m., North Precinct officers responded to the report of a shoot- ing at a residence in the 8100 block of N. Newman Avenue. Officers and medical personnel arrived and contacted a male and female adult inside the home. The male was suffering from a gunshot wound and was transported by am- bulance to a Portland hospital for treatment. He is expected to sur- vive his injuries. Neither person was cooperative with police and there is no suspect information or indication that the public is at risk. Anyone with information about this shooting is asked to call the Assault Detail at 503-823-0400. ======================== Portland harbor excepting within the immediate terminal yards.” And it was indeed. With the addition of the rail lines and development of businesses along the waterfront, the North Portland Peninsula began to grow rapidly. Crome spoke about the first plants to be constructed after the comple- tion of the railroad. It was the Port- land Manufacturing Company, a ve- neer and basket factory. The second industry was A. B. Douglas & Sons planing mill and M. B. Rankins’ electric saw mill next. Even back in the early 1900s the Port of Port- land saw the importance of building docks to foster the marine industry. “This in itself a prophecy concerning the commercial future of the town,” wrote Crome who went on to say, “for where the dry dock is placed, the shipping must center.” Current dominance along the Willamette and Columbia Rivers by the Port show this to be true. Crome wise- ly said, “Every boat which enters the Portland harbor, must pass by its door.” Crome knew the importance his new publication would be to the newly formed city. He said, “In starting any new enterprise it is necessary that the community should understand the objects of such enterprise, and to this end the publisher herewith, in brief, tells what he proposes to do. In the first place, we believe St. Johns and the Peninsula have reached that stage in its growth when a newspaper is a necessity. The publisher, recognizing this, feels warranted in launching The Review. Here is our platform, in as few words as possible: The Review will be devoted to the local interests of this district, and particularly the manufacturing in- dustry. The Review will advocate local improvements as they become nec- essary and all measures public or private, which have for their object the betterment of the district. The Review will not be the organ of any clique or elan, but its columns will be open to the discussion of any proposition which will interest the people as a whole. The moral and industrial interests will have the warmest support.” He continued, “The publisher will aim to make The Review a wide-a-wake, up-to-date local newspaper, a credit to the city and district and will strive to merit the hearty support and cooperation of all interested in building up what is now regarded as one of the most important seats of manufacturing industries in the Northwest. The per- manency of The Review is thus an established fact. We solicit the sup- port of every resident of the Penin- sula District and shall endeavor to merit such support.” These words still have merit today about the importance a community newspaper plays in a neighborhood. What an insightful man Mr. Crome was. Happy 113th birthday to The St. Johns Review!