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-4C<J¿ • • w* '«• • •■ % V W ? ’* * »’ . P age B4 US WEST Com pletes M obile N etw ork P o lic e N ew s Homicide Investigation - Update Portland Police homicide de tectives have arrested two men in connection with a homicide that oc curred on September 21, 1995. D em arcus M itch ell, DOB 12-03-76, died after being shot d u rin g a c o n fro n ta tio n at N. L om bard St. and N. A lbina Ave. he shooting follow ed a d is pute that began e a rlie r at the A stro gas station at N. Lom bard and Interstate, betw een M itchell and his friends and th ree p eople in an o th er car M itc h e ll’s g ro u p alleg ed ly insulted the p eo p le in the oth er car, w hich included John M irras and Jesse G uerra. D uring the d isp u te, M irras was a s s a u l t e d by a m e m b e r o f M itc h e ll’s group Both parties left the scene in vehicles, but en co u n tered each o th e r again a sh o rt tim e la te r. Allegedly, as Mitchell walked toward the other car. he was shot by Guerra who had been supplied with a gun by Mirras Following a four week investi gation. Detectives Ken Perry and Ed Herbert have arrested the two men in connection with the case. John J. Mirras, DOB 05-20- 74, was arrested in Vancouver Canada on 10-19-95 and Jesse A Guerra, DOB 11-06-70, was arrest ed in Portland on 10-25-95. Both have been charged with Murder Mirras is in custody in Canada await ing extradition to the United States No further arrests are antici pated Public Help Sought In Death Portland police homicide de tectives are seeking help from the community in the death investiga tion o f a north Portland man. About midnight on Monday, Oct. 30, officers from the Northeast Precinct and the traffic division re sponded to the area o f north G antenbien Avenue and Going Street on the report o f a possible hit and hun accident with a pedestrian down the street. Officers found V ictor P. Drayer, 39, injured and unconscious in the street. It appeared that he had been struck by a vehicle. B ased on the investig atio n , it ap pears th at this was not a traffic accident. W itnesses told d e te c tiv e s th a t they o b se rv e d D rayer hanging onto the cab o f a pickup truck as it drove north on G antenbien. Drayer somehow became dis lodged from the truck and fell to the pavement. Shortly thereafter, he ap- parently was struck by the vehicle I he suspect vehicle is described as a full-size pickup truck, possibly white, grey or silver in color. The two occupants in the truck were described asa blackmale driver and a white male passenger. Drayer died o f head injured on Oct. 3 1 anyone with information is asked to contact detectives Ed Herbert and Kent Perry at 823-0479. Information can also be directed to Crime Stoppers at 823-HELP. City Earns Good Grades Continued from M etro ▲ concerned about some key issue ar eas.” The Mayor cal led for more study and better understanding on why spe cific neighborhood issues were rat ing differently. She said she was concerned that 84 percent o f the city’s residents agree with the statement that “crime, gangs and drugs in Portland are too widespread.” Katz urged residents to offer their input and help her and the coun cil form a "grounded and thoughtful” budget. “This is a $ I billion dollars pub lic corporation with nearly 5,000 employees, providing a range o f ser vices in every neighborhood from filing pot holes to providing police protection," Katz said. “To servecit- izens well, we need their advice and involvement. The budget forums will take place from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Mon day, Nov. 20 at Montgomery Park, 2701 N.W. Vaughn; Monday, Nov. 27 at Floyd Light-Middle School, 10800 S.E. Washington; Tuesday, Nov. 28 at the Multnomah Center A uditorium , 7688 S.W. C apitol Hwy.; and Wednesday, Nov. 29 at Lane Community School, 7200 S.E. 60th. The forums are also held during the same hours on Monday, Dec. 4 at Rose City Nazarene Church, 7016 N.E. Sandy; Wednesday, Dec. 6 at the King Facility,4815 N.E. 7th Ave.; and Thursday, Dec. 7 at St. Johns Community Center, 8427 N. Cen tral. Farrakhan Goes Political Black muslim leader Louis Far rakhan, basking in the success o f his Million Man March, said his Nation o f Islam movement will now plunge into politics and become a “third political power.” The 62-year-old black leader said his organization would follow through on the assembly o f what he said were more than one mi 11 ion black men. Farrakhan said his organization would enter politics for the first time, register and mobilize millions o f blacks and other disaffected voters to become a force in the 1996 presi dential elections. “And so, we feel that rather than establishing a third political party, we will establish a third political power that will draw from the Dem ocrats, the Republicans and indepen dents and we will work together,” he said. “Our loyalty will be to an agen da that is in the interests o f our people and the poor and the vulnerable o f this nation,” said Farrakhan. Disavowing any political office ambitions himself, Farrakhan said he would work with other black organi zations to get a political agenda to help blacks and the poor. Farrakhan vowed to “tap that vast vein o f dissatisfaction and we intend to be a force in the next election...w e intend never again that our vote or our presence wi 11 be taken for granted again.” In recent presidential elections, blacks have overwhelmingly voted for Democratic candidates. But asked if the White House would have a liaison with Farrakhan to mend racial divisions, McCurry said flatly: “No." Administration of ficials have criticized Farrakhan’s past rhetoric against whites. Catho lics and Jews. Farrakhan repeated his call fora meeting with Jewish leaders who have rejected a conference arguing he is an anti-Semite. But Farrakhan said he was acting in a “responsible" manner and Jewish leaders were “ ir responsible" in turning him down and he would go around the leaders to meet with other Jews. 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