March 23, 2016
The
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photo by m iChael g rimmett / for the portland observer
The Gang Enforcement Team from Portland Police cordon off a street to investigate a shooting on
the north side of Portland Community College’s Cascade Campus. It happened around 4:30 p.m.
on Thursday when a 20-year-old man was hit by gunfire near a sidewalk at North Jessup Street and
Mississippi Avenue.
M ETRO
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Gang Team Investigates
Shooting
disrupts peace
near PCC
campus
An 18-year-old male turned
himself in to authorities on Friday
to face charges that he shot another
young man the day before on the
north side of Portland Community
College’s Cascade Campus.
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in his early 20s near a sidewalk
at North Jessup Street and Mis-
sissippi Avenue right next door
to school buildings and a nearby
Albina Head Start. The victim
was taken to a Portland hospital
for treatment where he survived
his injuries.
Police said the shooting oc-
curred around 4:30 p.m., a busy
part of the day on north Portland
campus. At least three school
buildings were temporarily locked
down as a safety precaution.
Monitoring Finds Lower Health Risks
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Police believe the gunfire was
generated from local gang activi-
ty and was not directed at anyone
at the college. The police bureau’s
Gang Enforcement Team was
called to investigate along with a
Gun Task Force which is continu-
ing to investigate several incidents
of gun violence citywide.
After he surrendered to police,
Woodgery Gelin was charged
with attempted murder, assault
and unlawful use of a weapon.
He’s accused of shooting a male
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Toxins fall after
curbs by glass
manufactures
New data from air and soil sam-
ples collected around Bullseye
Glass Co. in southeast Portland
and Uroboros in north Portland, as
well as of soil samples collected at
the Tubman school building site in
north Portland, reveal there is no
immediate or urgent public health
risk under current conditions, state
health officials say.
The Oregon Department of
Environmental Quality, Oregon
Health Authority and Multnomah
County Health Department re-
leased the analysis Thursday re-
sponding to concerns about air
monitoring that took place in Oc-
tober that showed high levels of
heavy metals, including cadmium
and arsenic.
In response to the earlier read-
ings, DEQ secured understandings
with the manufacturers to stop use
of the toxic metals in production.
The air sampling readings released
last week taken from the vicinity
of Bullseye and Uroboros showed
no readings above health bench-
marks. That seems to indicate the
glassmakers were the source of
the prior pollutants, officials said.
“Today’s information marks
another important step in under-
standing the impact heavy metals
released by glass companies have
had on the surrounding neighbor-
hoods,” said Lynne Saxton, Ore-
gon Health Authority director.
Saxton said the new test results,
while encouraging, don’t mark the
end of the agencies’ work. Rather,
they establish a baseline against
which to measure changes in con-
ditions over time.
“We’ll report this information
every week. The community can
view it on our website, SaferAir.
Oregon.gov,” she said.
The agencies expect to com-
plete two comprehensive public
health assessments by this fall.