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Young Black Men Murdered, Firsts in 2007
Street shootings
were days apart
Portland’s first two murder
victims of 2007 were young
blackm en.onejust I4yearsold
and the other a young father of
twins who were shot and killed
along city streets, days apart
and on opposite sides of the
river.
Police say they have little
information about the deaths and
have made no arrests.
The latest slaying happened
Sunday afternoon in the Port
land Community College dis
tric t o f n o rth P o rtla n d .
Davonte Garland Lightfoot, a
Benson High School freshman,
was found by police lying on
the sidewalk in front of the
Bread and Roses C enter on
Killingsworth Street, just down
from Albina Avenue and be
tween two bars. He was criti
cally injured with a gunshot
wound to his head and died
la te r at L eg acy E m an u el
Hospital.
Police have a description of
a man they believe may have
been walking with the teen
ager. He is described as a
male, in his late teens to early
20s, between 5 feet 5 and 5
feet 9, with a thin build, and
wearing a three-quarter length
gray coat.
The other murder occurred
early New Y e a r’s Day.
Jermaine N. Davis, 23, died of a
gunshot wound to his chest
around 2 a.m. at Southwest
Fourth and Stark. He was down
town for a night out celebrating
with cousins.
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A ccording to d etectives,
Davis stepped toward a car driv
ing down Stark Street after
someone in the vehicle shouted
obscenities. Police are not sure
the shouts were directed at
Davis, saying the shooter was
likely someone he didn’t know.
The suspect car is described
as a black, four-door luxury-
type vehicle, with lightly tinted
windows. It may have been
carrying four to five males and
fem ales, possibly w hite or
Latino. One occupant was de
scribed as a white male, 20 to 25
years old, thin with pale skin,
dark brown hair, a moustache
and a goatee, wearing a white
collared T-shirt.
Crime Stoppers is offering a
cash reward of up to $ 1,000 for
information that leads to an ar
rest in the case.
MMMMI
Vigil to End Police Violence
“when a black man is doing good...
...that means the city is doing good” In wake of tasering
autistic teenager
stick he was carrying. He was tasered no less
than 13 times.
The ministerial group's call to action will
include a call for justice for James Chasse Jr., a
white man suffering from schizophrenia that
The Albina Ministerial Alliance, representing local was beaten by police in downtown Portland
African American churches, will be heading up a Sept. 17 and later died from his injuries.
prayer vigil against police violence on Saturday,
Speakers will also focus on the unanimous
Jan. 20 at 4:30 p.m. at Northwest Hoyt and resolution passed by the City Council in August
Broadway.
2004 which called for training and policy changes
The event is in response to the Dec. 5 beating to prevent these kinds of incidents.
and tasering of Sir Millage by Portland police in
The AMA’s Ad Hoc Coalition for Commu
the vicinity of the Broadway Bridge and train nity Justice has been active on police violence
station.
issues, including the shooting deaths of Kendra
Police said they feared for their safety James and James Jahar Perez.
when M illage, a 15-year-old African Am eri
For more information or to get involved, call
can with autism, would not put down a plastic Dr. Rev. LeRoy Haynes at 503-287-0261.
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The Democrat from House
District 44 will serve as vice
chair of the C om m ittee on
Health Care. In addition she has
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Means Subcommittee on Hu
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