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November 1, 20(H) Page A2 Portiani» H n Jlortlanh (0beeruer a Police News/Vancouver Inside-A Weather The Doctor's Comer................... A3 Election 2000........ A4 Blazers Club Director Promoted................A7 Actor Killed by LAPD Through the weekend Today LOS A N G ELES(A P)— Friendsof an actor shot to death by police as he allegedly w ielded a fake gun at a H allow een costum e party are ques tioning w hether race played a role in the killing. O fficer Tarriel H opper shot A n thony D wain Lee early Saturday as he and another officer investigated a noise com plaint at the W est Los A ngeles m ansion w here hundreds o f people had attended the party, offi cials said. “ H e’s a black m an w ho died in a w hite neighborhood,” M ary Lin. one o f L ee’s friends, told the Los Angeles Times. Police said H opper, who also is black, and his partner arrived at the residence about 1 a.m. Saturday, and w ere searching for the ow ner when Scattered Showers 61°F High 49°F Low Metro- Scattered Showers 63°F High Sports- Yankee Threepeat................ B3 Help With Second Marriages................B4 Gospel Brunch at Kennedy School..... B5 51°F Low Showers 63°F High 47°F Low M ostly Cloudy This Week O ctober 18,1977— Reg 1977— R eggie Jackson hits three consecu tive hom e runs, on three successive pitches, to lead the N ew Y ork Yan- kees to their 21 st W orld Series Cham pionship, their first in 15 years. O cto b e r 19, 1849— E lizabeth B lackw ell becom es the first w om an in the US to receive m edical degree. O ctober20,1975— TheSuprem e C ourt rules that teach ers could spank students if the students w ere told in advance o f the behavior that w ould w arrant such punishm ent. O ctober20,1820— Spain sells the eastern part o f Florida to U S for $5 million. H opper fired through the glass w hen he allegedly saw Lee point a gun at him. The gun turned o ut to be fake. “ He had no w ay o f know ing it w as fake even though people w ere in co s tume. If you feel your life is threat ened, you react in the w ay you w ere tra in e d ,” said O ffic e r C h a rlo tte Broughton, a police spokesw om an. “ I think m ost people can u nder stand where w e ’re com ing ffornas far as w hat w e have to do. W e’re risking our lives every d ay ,” she added. Broughton refused to say w hether Hopper, a three-year departm ent vet eran, identified h im selfb efo re firing. Steve Sim s, a nurse attending the party, told the Los A ngeles T im es that H opper w as distraught after the shooting, asking repeatedly as they Anthony Dwain Lee they peered through a w indow and saw Lee and tw o others in a sm all room. 44°F Low M ostly Cloudy 62°F High 45°F Low Thought for the week “ If A equals success, then the form ula is A equals X plus Y plusZ . X is work. Y is play. Z iskeepyourm outhshut.” — Albert Einstein A SW A T team m em berkilled dur ing a training exercise was shot by his in stru c to r w ho w as ac cid en ta lly handed a gun loaded with live am m u nition, according to new details o fth e shooting. C la c k a m a s C o u n ty S h e r if f ’s D eputy Bill B ow m an, 35, was shot in the head Sept. 12 by firearm s instruc to r K evin Vail. A ll w eapons used during exercises at Cam p Rilea on the north O regon coast are supposed to be loaded w ith blanks. A ccording to a docum ent released by the C lackam as C ounty S h e riffs D epartm ent, V ail had been helping another officer load his w eapon. W hile trying to fit a m agazine into the firearm, theo fficerto o k aclip from the SW A T team van that had been pre-loaded w ith live rounds. The m agazine fit, and D eputy Vail, who w as briefly distracted by an oth er o fficer, co n clu d ed that the w eapon, not the clip, w as faulty. He then loaded the m agazine into his Deputy Bill Bowman Police Chief Kroeker Defends Anti-Gay Comments P o rtla n d P o lic e C h ie f M ark K roeker is offering an explanation for statem ents he m ade about abortion and gays. T he N ovem ber issue o f “Portland A lliance” says that K roeker, w hile a m em ber o f the Los A ngelese Police D epartm ent spoke to a group ofC hris- tian officers and m ade anti-gay and anti-abortion statem ents. M onday, K roeker released a state m ent saying the rem arks w ere m ade as part o f a church-related gathering ow n gun. He did not know the clip had been exchanged for one that was filled w ith live rounds. C latsop C ounty has said it will not file charges against those involved in th e sh o o tin g . D is tric t A tto rn e y Joshua M arquis has said an investi gation by his officer show ed no ev i dence o f crim inal negligence, reck lessness or any oth er crim inal con duct. The Clackam as County S h eriff s office w ill conduct its ow n internal probe. Feed the hungry through the power of the arts. and said, “I will rigorously defend my right to speech and m y right to reli gion and all its doctrines. 1 will also fulfill m y responsibility as ch ief o f police to keep m y religious beliefs in their proper place and adhere with rigor to the law enforcem ent code o f ethics, the values o f the Portland Police D epartm ent and to the laws o f O regon and Portland." K ro e k e r a ls o a s k e d th a t Portlanders tolerate his ow n faith, and he w ill do the sam e for others. HUNGER Police Officer Faces Forgery Charge P ortland P olice O fficer R onald H e n s o n w a s in d ic a te d b y th e M ultnom ah C ounty G rand Jury on O ct 17 charge o fF o rg ery in the First D egree and A cquiring a C ontrolled Substance by Fraud. T he charges stem m ed from an in ternal crim inal investigation con- w aited for an am bulance: “W hy did he have to pull that g un?” Lee, 39, had been w earing a black sw eat shirt, a black vest and tan pants, said county co ro n er’s Lt. D an Aikin. 11 w as not im m ediately clear ifh e was also w earing a m ask or other elements o f a costum e. Partygoers said som e guests w ere dressed up as Los A ngeles police officers. T he h o u se’s absentee ow ner and builder, W arren L ipson, told the T im es that he w ondered w hy police ventured behind the m ansion inves tigating a noise com plaint. “T hey w alked up the open drive w ay and passed by several kitchen w indow s and other large w indow s in the living room , all o fw h ich were full o f people in costum e,” he said. SWAT Member Shot by His Instructor 60°F High in History I ducted by the Portland Police Bu I I SPECIAL OFFER: NOVEMBER 2 - 1 2 ONLY reau. 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