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Hope for Oak Leaf Riveting Take on Abortion New excise tax could save mobile home park QR code for Portland Observer Online Ashland play accords dignity to complex points of view See Local News, page 3 See Metro, page 9 ‘City of Roses’ Volume XLV Number 25 www.portlandobserver.com Wednesday • June 22, 2016 Established in 1970 Committed to Cultural Diversity Rinita Lowe, 23, charged with murder Photo by M ark W ashington /t he P ortland o bserver A dancer is killed during a confrontation with a female acquaintance at the Skinn strip club at Northeast 60th Avenue Shantina Turner , 29, died of homicidal violence and Prescott. The third death in ive years has raised community concerns to close the establishment. Third Death at Strip Club Skinn’s stabbing revives community concerns by C ervante P oPe t he P ortland o bserver A dancer was killed in homicidal vio- lence at a northeast Portland strip club last week, reviving community concerns in the Cully Neighborhood over an establishment that has experienced three murders in the last ive years. Friends at the scene of the June 15 fa- tality reported that Shantina Turner, 29, was stabbed in the neck by Rinita Linelle Lowe, 23, during an argument while hav- ing a drink outside the club around 11:30 p.m. Medical personnel responded but were unable to save Turner and she died at the scene. Police were able to immediately arrest Lowe, as she sought refuge in a neigh- boring 7-Eleven, where two police ofi- cers were inside getting coffee. She was charged with murder and unlawful use of a weapon. Crime scenes aren’t that unusual at Skinn’s as both staff and locals recall the two other murders at the establishment. Anton Hill, a father of ive children at the time, was shot and killed outside the establishment back in 2013. Another man, Deon Moisan was shot ive times in the chest outside the club back in 2011 when it was under the business name JD’s Bar & Grill. Reports at the time claim he was celebrating his 24th birthday and that his death was gang related. Former Skinn bouncer Jason Gleason remembers both of these incidents, believ- ing it’s due to a lack of experienced secu- rity personnel. “Even if you have the most experienced bouncer in that place, something’s gonna happen. They’re gonna get overwhelmed,” Gleason told KATU. A childhood friend to the latest victim, Candice Edwards, agrees with Gleason, C ontinued on P age 5
