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Flowers and other remembrances are placed at the entrance of Reynolds High School to honor
fellow student Emilio Hoffman who was killed June 10 by a teenage gunman at the school.
Reynolds Victim Remembered
H undreds o f Reynolds High
School seniors packed into Veter
ans Memorial Coliseum for gradua
tion ceremonies Thursday just two
days after a teenager rifled through
their school, killing one student and
injuring one faculty member, before
apparently killing himself.
Freshm an and soccer player
Emilio Hoffman, 14, died in the at
tack. H offm an’s older brother,
Joshua Mitchell, a Reynolds senior
walked the stage, donning his late
said the father to KPTV.
Police continue to investigate the
shooting which sent the school into
lockdown, and saw authorities from
across the metro area helping to
evacuate students at the state’s
second largest high school. No
possible motive has yet been re
leased.
A public service has been sched
uled for Emilio Hoffman, on S unday,
June 22 at 4 p.m. at Good Shepherd
Community Church in Boring.
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brother’s No. 29 soccer jersey to
receive his diploma.
The father o f the 15-year-old
shooter has since apologized for
the tragedy on behalf o f his fam
ily. Authorities say the A R -15 rifle
his son Jared Padgett used in the
shooting were legally-ow ned but
stolen from his fam ily home in
Troutdale.
“There are no words to describe
the feeling we felt when we realized
that our son might be involved,”
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The Juneteenth Oregon festival
on Saturday, June 21 will celebrate
the African American path to free
dom, from emancipation to the
achievem ents of O regon’s own
black pioneers.
Juneteenth traces its roots to June
19, 1865, when Union soldiers
reached Galveston, Texas, with news
that slavery had been abolished,
over two and a half years after the
Emancipation Proclamation and two
months following General Lee’s
surrender. Celebrated in communi
ties across the country, Juneteenth
marks the 149th anniversary of this
final end to slavery in the United
Legacy Emanuel Field at North Wil
liams Avenue and Graham Street.
That’s where you will find the tradi
tional mix of live music, games,
children’s activities and delicious
food, from noon to 9 p.m.
This year’s festival will focus on
African American history. Actors
portraying prominent figures in the
struggle for freedom - including
Frederick Douglas, SojoumerTruth,
CarterG. Woodson, William Steele,
Madame CJ Walker and Beatrice
Canady - will give presentations
and mingle with the crowd in char
acter.
The history of African Ameri
Oregon black pioneer and rodeo
cans in Oregon will be front-and-
star George Fletcher.
center, thanks to the involvement of
States.
the Oregon Black Pioneers organi
Here in Portland, the annual cel zation, which will have a display
ebration kicks off with a parade, sharing the history of the state’s
beginning at 11 a.m. at Northeast earliest black residents.
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