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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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!