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Man Killed Outside Club
Gunshots rang out in the parking lot of a strip
club in southeast Portland early Saturday, kill
ing one man and wounding three other men and
a woman. It happened around 3:15 a.m. at
Soobie’s Bar & Grill at 333 S.E. 122nd Ave.
Hahrahcio“HB” Branch, 26, of Portland was
transported to a hospital and later died from his
injuries.
Police believe the shooting is gang related,
and the Gang Enforcement Team was among a
group of at least 20 officers who responded to
the crime scene. While no suspect information
has been released, several people were de
tained for questioning.
Crime Stoppers is offering a cash reward of
up to $ 1,000 for information, reported to Crime
Stoppers, that leads to an arrest in this case, or
any unsolved felony, and tipsters can remain
anonymous.
Leave a Crime Stoppers tip online at the web
address http://crim estoppersoforegon.com /
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and in the subject line put 823HELP,
followed by the tip, or call503-823-HELP
(4357) and leave the tip information.
Housing Discrimination Tours Scheduled
The com m unity is invited to sign up for
a bus tour that presents several "lowlights"
of Portland's hidden history of housing
discrim ination, segregation and displace
ment.
W hile the Fair Housing Council of O r
egon runs these tours throughout much
of the sum m er for various groups and
organizations, there are very few opportu
nities for m embers of the public to experi
ence the tour.
As such, Race Talks and the Human
Rights Commission are extending an invi
tation to individuals who might be inter
ested in attending the tour on either Fri
day, July 11, or Saturday, July 12.
The bus tour will meet at 8:30 am at
Harriet Tubman school, 2231 N. Flint, and
will return to the same location at ap
proximately 12:30 pm.
If you have not attended this tour in
the past, it is a great opportunity to learn
more about Portland and O regon's hid
den history o f discrim ination, displace
ment and segregation.
To register for the tour or get more
inform ation, visit fhco.org/tours.htm .
Eager customers lined up for pot at 8 a.m. in
Bellingham, Wash. Tuesday as the first retail
outlet in Washington began legal sales of
recreational marijuana. The state issued its
first 24 retail licenses Monday, though not all
businesses planned to start selling weed
right away. State law allows the sale of up to
an ounce of dried marijuana, 16 ounces of
pot-infused solids, 72 ounces of pot-infused
liquids or 7 grams of concentrated marijuana,
like hashish, to adults over 21.
Cougar ‘Euthanized’
A wild cougar was captured and euthanized
in northeast Portland Friday because it had
roamed into the city and "lost fear of people,"
according to the Oregon Department of Fish
and Wildlife. The cougar was hiding in a tall
cedar tree. It stayed there for more than three
hours and watched police below until it was
successfully tranquilized by wildlife officials.
New Columbia Shooting
A vehicle and house were damaged early
Monday in a suspected ‘gang-related’ shoot
ing in the New Columbia neighborhood.
Portland Police Bureau Sgt. Pete Simpson
said officers got reports of the shooting
around 12:30 a.m; no one was found wounded.
The incident comes just days after 24-year-
old Andre Coggins of Portland was fatally
gunned down in the same neighborhood.
Grandmother Assault
A 34-year-old registered sex offender is ac
cused of entering his grandmother’s north
Portland home through a back door last week
and sexually assaulting the 81-year-old who
lives with a pacemaker. Willie Andre Johnson
is also accused of sexually assaulting his
uncle, 49, who was also in the house. H e’s
being held on $780,000 bail.
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Meals on Wheels People is again asking for
donations of fans to help keep homebound
seniors cool and health as temperatures are
expected to exceed 90 degrees in the coming
days. Fans can be brought to their headquar
ters at 7710S.W . 31st Ave. or to any of their
34 meal sites in Multnomah, Washington,
and Clark counties. For information, call
Meals on Wheels at 503-736-6325.
Please join us to celebrate the revitalized Dawson Park!
Wednesday • July 16 • 6:00 PM
Located at N. Stanton £ Williams Ave.
Come enjoy this community celebration
Check out
FREE Movies,
w ith special guest speakers, health & safety programs from Legacy Emanuel,
Concerts &
and a live C o n cert in the Park by Ocean 503 (R&B, Funk, Soul, Reggae.)
Playgrounds
Bring a blanket, pack a picnic, and celebrate with us!
in the Park
all summer long!
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