January 5, 2011
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An early New Year's morning shooting outside Club 9 1 5 in downtown Portland killed an employee o f
the club who worked in security.
Club Scene Murder
Employee killed
in altercation
A 32-year-old dance club em ­
ployee was shot and killed after a
New Y ear’s m orning altercation
outside the popular dow ntow n
music and hip hop venue.
Police said Saturday that offic­
ers reported a fight outside Club
915 at 915 S. W. Second Ave., and
then shots about 1:30 a.m. They
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C lassifieds
said se v era l h u n d red p eo p le
poured out of club afterward.
T he v ic tim , R uben M ata,
worked club security at a bouncer.
After a disturbance inside the club,
he and other club employees es­
corted a group o f patrons outside,
authorities said.
Once outside, another alterna­
tion took place between Mata and
Kevin Charles M offett, 31.
Police arrested M offett and
charged him with M ata’s murder.
Friends told KGW that Mata,
also known as “Q ” leaves behind
small children. A fundraiser was
being set up on his behalf to raise
money for his family.
A second officer apparently
fired his weapon in the course
o f in te r a c tin g w ith p e rs o n s
a sso ciated w ith the sh o o tin g ,
police said, but indicated that
they have no reason to believe
anyone was hit when the officer
fired.
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Killed
Portland police shot and killed a at a business near the intersection he refused one of them fire a stun
60-year-old who was advancing of Southeast 82nd Avenue and
gun, which was ineffective. Both
toward them with a knife and re­ Powell.
officers fired their pistols when the
fused to drop it.
Officers spotted the suspect at a man continued to advance.
Police say the officers were re­ closed car wash and he began ad­
Paramedics declared the suspect
sponding to a security guard's com ­ vancing toward them with a knife. dead at the scene.
plaint that the man, described as a
Authorities say the two officers
The officers were placed on leave
transient, was threatening to kill him ordered him to drop the knife. When pending an investigation.
O pinion
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C alendar
F ood
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Anti-Police Protest Breaks Windows
More than two dozen anti-police
protestors took the streets and van­
dalized a Wells Fargo bank Monday
night while protesting four recent
officer-involved shootings, includ­
ing one that killed a man with a knife
in southeast Portland on Sunday.
The protesters, who appeared to
be mostly white men, spray-painted fice on Burnside and 47th Avenue
anarchist logos and broke the glass were a rock was thrown, but no
on the door of the bank, located at damage reported.
Northeast 43rd Avenue and Sandy
Early Monday, Mayor Sam Adams
Boulevard. They chanted: “No cops, met with Police Chief Mike Reese to
no KKK, no facist U.S.A.”
discuss the police shootings.
The group then marched to the
Reese promised to search for ways
police bureau’s traffic division of- to reduce police use of deadly force.