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'The Viewpoint' homicide
victim identified
O
n T h u rsd ay , O cto b er
9, 1 9 9 7 ,at approxi
m ately 1:20 am , P o rt
lan d P o lice re sp o n d e d to T he
V iew p o in t N ig h tclu b on a sh o o t
ing incident in the w estside p a rk
ing lot.
P o lic e fo u n d a 2 1 -y e a r-o ld
black male victim shot in the head-
neck area.
T he victim was tra n sp o rte d to
E m anuel H o spital and later p ro
n o u n ced dead. S u sp ect in fo rm a
tion is lim ited at this tim e. The
sh o o tin g su sp e c t is b e lie v e d to
be a black m ale.
Anthony Branch Jr.
T he victim has an ex te n siv e
record w ith the police including a
h isto ry o f gang related a c tiv ity .
It is u n know n if this sh o o tin g is
gang related . T he v ic tim ’s nam e
has not been released pending
fam ily notification.
A seco n d perso n was p laced
into c u sto d y at the scene on an
u n re la te d w eapons charge.
I n v e s tig a tiv e - S e r g e a n ts M.
H efley and T. N elson are the in
v e stig a to rs.
Update:
“The View point” Homicide Vic
tim Identified
Homicide/
Shooting
A 29 Year Old Transient Died At The
Multnomah County Detention Center.
Shortly after midnight,Oct. 11, a
29 year old transient who had been
booked earlier on two fugitive war
rants, died at the Multnomah County
Detention Center. The victim was
identified as Reginald B. Gafford.
The circumstances surrounding
the death are being investigated by
the M ultnom ah C ounty M ajor
Crimes Team in conjunction with
the M ultnomah County District
Attorneys Office.The victim was
booked into the detention center
about 5:00 PM on Friday by the
Portland Police Bureau after service
o f two outstanding felony warrants
at or near the bus station
Due to Mr. Gafford's behavior,
the on-duty nurses consulted with
Dr. Karen Marks regarding use of
medication for Mr. Gafford should
hisbehavior become more agitated.
The doctor approved the one-time
use o f Ativan, a mild tranquilizer.
Ativan has been used without inci
dent approximately twice a month
since August to manage offenders
with extreme behaviors. Corrections
Health policy allows the one time
use o f a drug on an inmate and only
after the inmate has been in custody
for a minimum of4 hours. Mr Gafford
was in custody for seven hours
before the drug was administered.
He was placed in a separation
cell and was being mov cd to a differ
ent cell in the reception area when
he resisted entering the new cell and
restraint procedures were instituted.
Corrections deputies struggled
with him for 5 minutes or more until
they got him under control and were
able to place him on a restraint back
board. As deputies completed ap
plying the restraints, they noted he
had stopped breathing. Medical at
tention was administered immedi
ately but resuscitation failed to re
vive him.
Sergeant Bart Whalen...251-2404
T he victim o f O ct. 9 th ’s h o m i
cide has been id e n tifie d as A n
thony Branch Jr., black male, DOB
3-8-77.
T he NE P o rtlan d re sid e n t was
shot o u tsid e o f the doors o f “The
V iew p o in t” N ightclub.
He w as a p p a re n tly in volved
in an arg u m en t w ith a m ale su b
je c t in the p ark in g lot w hen he
was shot in the neck area.
B ranch is P o rtla n d ’s 41 h o m i
cide o f the year.
A photo is a v a ila b le in the
Id entification D ivision , 12 floor,
Ju stice C enter.
N.W. 9th A ve./N .W . Davis St.
n S a tu rd a y , O c to b e r
11 ,1 9 9 7 , at 4:17 in the
m o r n in g , at W e st
B urnside and 8th A venue, a M u lt
nom ah C o unty D eputy S h e riff
w as flagged dow n by a w om an
w ho w as ten d in g to a m an, later
id e n tifie d as 4 8 -y e a r-o ld E rn est
W ash in g to n , o f N o rth w e st P o rt
land, w ho was su ffe rin g from an
a p p a re n t g u n sh o t w oun d to his
left arm.
T he w om en also d ire c te d re
sponding officers to N.W . 9th and
D avis, w here o ffic e rs found a 26-
y e a r-o ld black m ale c ritic a lly in
ju re d from an a p p a re n t g u n sh o t
w ound.
E rn est W ashington and the 26-
y e a r-o ld m an, w hose id e n tity has
not y e, been c o n firm e d , w ere
O
tra n sp o rte d by am bu lan ce to O r
egon H ealth S ciences U niversity,
w here the 2 6 -y e a r-o ld m ale died,
a p p ro x im a te ly 6:00 in the m o rn
ing, as a re su lt o f his injuries.
A c c o rd in g to w itn esses, se v
eral black m ales w ere stan d in g
aro u n d a w h ite v e h ic le , c o n ta in
ing a w h ite m ale and a w hite fe
m ale, w hen sev eral shots rang
out and the w hite v eh icle drove
aw ay leav in g at least the tw o
su b je c ts w ou n d ed .
No arre st have been m ade at
this tim e and the in v e stig a tio n is
c o n tin u in g .
A dditional details w ill be made
a v a ila b le as they are re le a se d by
in v e stig a to rs.
In v e s tig a tiv e S e rg e a n ts are
D erek A nd erso n and Jay D rum .
Murderer Denied
Parole!
NRA CrimeStrike Succeeds in
Keeping 57th Killer Behind Bars
esterday, the Oregon
P a ro le C o m m issio n
voted to deny parole
to Jeffery Lee Spoonire,
convicted o f killing M rs. M ary
Ann Thom as H osier in 1982 in
Deschutes County. And in a move
which brought additional relief to
the victim ’s fam ily, the C om m is
sion deferred Spoonire’s parol eli
gibility for the maxim um 2 years.
On July 13,1982, in D eschutes
C ounty, “ th rill k ille r” Jeffery
Spoonire senselessly shot M ary
Ann T hom as H osier ju st to see
what a bullet would do to her head.
He then dragged her body into
some bushes and left her for dead.
Y
M ary A n n re g a in e d c o n
sciousness and tried to reach help,
but her husband Bill found her
dead alongside the road. Spoonire
was sentenced to life w ith a m ini
mum o f ten years for m urder.
In 1995, the parole board de
nied him parole based on, among
other things, a d o c to r’s evalua
tion w hich found that Spoonire
had a “low frustration tolerance,”
and in the do cto r’s judgm ent, was
still a danger to the com m unity.
T hat was only tw o years ago.
By law, Spoonire was once again
eligible for parole this month.
W ith th e h e lp o f N R A
C rim eStrike, the victim ’s fam ily
collected petitions with the signa
tures o f over 5,000 O regon c iti
zens
and law enforcement opposed
the man
to S p oonire’s early release for
presentation to the O regon Board
o f Parole. Once again the O regon
Parole B oard denied Spoonire his
parole!
“I c a n ’t fully express my appre
ciation for the hard w ork and ef
fo rt o f C rim e S trik e an d the
Crim eStrike volunteers in helping
to block the parole o f our daugh-
ter-in-law ’s murderer,” said Mytle
H ighland, the m other-in-law o f
M ary A nn Thom as H osier. Since
its c r e a tio n in 19 9 3 , N R A
C rim e S trik e ’s “K eep K iller in
Prison” project has successfully
blocked the early parole o f 57 kill
ers in 21 states.
“ I t’s essential that we continue
the fight. Every day in A m erica,
convicted crim inals on early p a
role com m it an estim ated 16 m ur
ders, 14 rapes, 57 robberies and 22
aggravated assaults,” said E liza
beth Sw asey, Crim eStrike D irec
tor.
“I com m end the C om m ission’s
decision to put ju stice and the
safety o f Florida citizens and law
enforcem ent above the desires o f
convicted m urderers.”
Birth Announcement
Mrs. Vicki Jeffries
At 10:16 a m., Thursday, October
9 , 1997. Mrs. Vicki Jeffries gave birth
toNathaniel Thomas Layton Jeffries.
The child of Vicki and slain Portland
Police Officer Thomas Jeffries, was
delivered at Kaiser Sunnyside Hos
pital, weighing 8 pounds 11.5onunces
and 21 inches in length.
Both mother and child are home
and doing well. Vicki Jeffres has re
quested no media interviews at this
time.
Any well wishes can be sent to the
Detective Division o f the Portland
Police Bureau, 1111 SW 2nd Avenue,
Portland, Oregon 97204.
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