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Page 2 October 10, 2018 Man Killed Leaving Comedy Show Comedian arrested in separate incident by D anny P eterson t he P ortlanD o bserver A weekend meant to lighten the life of one man ended with his untimely shooting death after he exited an improv comedy show at the Moda Center Friday. Two other people were injured in the shooting, and earlier that same night, in a separate incident, one of the comedy show’s headlin- Dr. Mildred Ollee, a former executive dean for the Cascade Campus of Portland Community College, has died. Markell Jones, victim of gun violence leaving comedy show. Comedian Katt Williams arrested for assault on limo driver. ing talents, Katt Williams, was arrested for assaulting his limo driver and is now being sued by the victim. Markell Jones, 44, of Portland, was killed by gunfire around 11:35 p.m. near the Rose Quar- ter Transit Center after attending the Nick Cannon’s “Wild N’ Out” show at the Moda Center, which Williams was slated to perform but never did due to his unrelated arrest. An officer on patrol in the Rose Quarter area heard and saw a man firing a gun and apprehended the person almost immediately, later identified as Robert J James Jr., 35, who was arrested for Jones’ mur- der. A gun and evidence of gunfire were also found at the scene. During the course of the in- vestigation, officers discovered that Jones and another male, who had been shot, were transported to a nearby hospital in a car. An C ontinueD on P age 15 The Former PCC Campus Dean Dies Dr. Mildred Ollee, a former executive dean for the Cascade Campus of Portland Communi- ty College in north Portland, has died. Dr. Ollee oversaw the build out of a comprehensive Cas- cade campus during her eight years serving PCC. Because of her work establishing and over- seeing workforce development programs and partnerships with Week in Review Shooting Death in Lents Responding to multiple reports of gunshots in the Lents neighborhood Sunday, police found a man shot in the 4000 block of Southeast 94th Avenue. He died while receiving medical treatment from emer- gency responders. No suspects were found. Teacher Abuse Lawsuit A former eighth grade student at Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary was whacked on the head with a clip- board and called the n-word by a substitute teacher a5 the school last October, a lawsuit from the child’s mother against Portland Public Schools alleges. The substitute teacher, Bruce Niemann, still works for the district, the Oregonian reported. Fair Investigation Promise A fair and thorough investigation into the offi- cer-involved shooting death of Patrick Kimmons was promised by Police Chief Danielle Outlaw at Established 1970 P ublisher : e ditor : Mark Washington, Sr. Michael Leighton A dvertising M AnAger : Office Manager/Classifieds: C reAtive d ireCtor : r ePorter /W eb e ditor : Leonard Latin Lucinda Baldwin Paul Neufeldt Danny Peterson P ubliC r elAtions : Mark Washington Jr. o ffiCe A ssistAnt /s Ales : Shawntell Washington a variety of agencies that led to increased funding for the college, then-Oregon Gov. Ted Kulongos- ki proclaimed July 22, 2003, Mil- dred W. Ollee day. Ollee left Portland in 2003 to become the president of Seat- tle Central Community College. Most recently she served on the board of the Federal Way School C ontinueD on P age 15 a Community Peace Collaborative meeting Friday. Kimmons, a 27-year-old African American man, was shot and killed by officers responding to shots fired in downtown Portland last week. Accidental Shooting An accidental gun-firing in the cafeteria at Jason Lee Elementary on Northeast 92nd Avenue has led to the arrest of a Portland mom who was picking up her child from school. Police said a gun in her bag went off Thursday when it was dropped. Antoinette A. Riley, 27, was charged with possessing a firearm in a public building. Kavanaugh Confirmation After a dramatic partisan battle and sexual harass- ment allegations that overshadowed the debate about some of his controversial opinions, Brett Kavanaugh was confirmed Saturdayfor the U.S. Supreme Court by the Republican- led Senate. 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