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Decemeber 8, 2021 Page 2 Make an Impact KOIN-TV shows I-5 in north Portland after police killed an armed suspect following an hours-long crime spree Monday morning that included a home invasion, several carjackings and gunfire. Armed carjacker killed by police Crime spree shuts down I-5 for hours Police shot and killed an armed suspect on Interstate 5 in north Portland on Monday, fol- lowing multiple carjackings and a home invasion. The freeway was closed for hours as authori- ties investigated. It started around 9:10 a.m., The when police responded to a home invasion near Grant Park in northeast Portland. A short time later police got a report of shots fired outside the Hyatt Regency in the Lloyd District. Soon later, police discovered the suspect in the residential robbery had ditched a stolen car and forced passengers out of a second car at gunpoint. As officers followed the sto- len vehicle, the suspect drove Week in Review Emergency Rents Run Out New Vaccination Sites The Oregon Health Authority opened a dozen new high-vol- ume Covid-19 vaccination sites statewide, including one near the former Greyhound Park in Wood Village. It will run from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday Teen Killed Identified through Friday with no appoint- Keion Cordell Howard, 19, of Portland, was identified Monday ments necessary. as the man killed in a shooting Saturday near Northeast Marine Drive. Police were alerted to Howard’s injuries while he was inside a vehicle. He died at the scene despite lifesaving mea- sures by paramedics and police, authorities said. Life Lost to Gunfire Gunfire took the life of one per- son at an apartment complex in Northeast Portland Monday morning, police said. It hap- pened shortly before 11 a.m. at the Ellington Apartments in the 1800 block of Northeast 66th Avenue. northbound on I-5 — heading into oncoming traffic. At one point, the suspect got out of the stolen car and at- tempted yet another carjacking at gunpoint on the freeway, po- lice said. An occupant in the car was hit by gunfire, surviving a non-life-threatening injury. Nearly 40 police and medical units responded to the incident, which shut down the freeway in both directions. Woman Dies in Apartment A woman died Friday after a fire broke out overnight in a unit at Argyle Gardens, an apartment in the Kenton neighborhood operated by Transition Projects, a non-profit that helps people move from homelessness to housing. Oregon’s housing agency stopped accepting new appli- cations for emergency rent as- sistance last week, two weeks before Oregon lawmakers are scheduled to hold a special session to address shortfalls in funding and eviction protections for renters in need. Bell Ringer Assaulted A man was chased down and caught by sheriff’s deputies after allegedly assaulting a Salvation Army bell ringer in Vancouver Saturday night and fleeing with his donations kettle. TriMet Bus Driver Shortage TriMet will reduce its transit services on 20 of its 84 bus lines due to “severe staffing shortag- es,” the agency announced Fri- day. “We are facing the most significant operator shortfall in agency history,” TriMet said in a statement. The reduction is ex- pected to start in January and be temporary. Jataune Hall (left) and Ahquoya Brooks of Micro Enterprise Services of Oregon (MESO), introduce the community to a special MESO market for gift buying during the holidays featuring goods from minority -owned firms, supporting vendors of color Continued from Front Claus, who will continue to make appearances for kids of all ages over the next two Saturdays, from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. The new market is attracting a lot of attention, Hall said. “People are already reaching out through our newsletters, and people are calling to ask if there is any more room,” she said. Any questions about availability should be sent to mesomarket@ mesopdx.org, she said. “Hall said one cool thing about the Alberta Street location is that one of MESO’s clients, LaTina’s Style of Elegance, a seller of quality handbags and accesso- ries, will move into the store per- manently sometime later. “It was a vacant space until we moved in and has been a work in progress for a while, but we’re holding it for LaTina’s, currently We are Open! 3901 N. Mississippi Ave. Portland, OR 97227 P: 503.281.0453 Fax 503.281.3408 Web: www.sunlanlighting.com E-mail: kay@sunlanlighting.com a home-based an online business but one which also has a mobile boutique bus which was convert- ed into a shop that can go to dif- ferent events,” Hall said. “And our goal is to have it parked in front of the storefront as well.” Another holiday market is Mercy Corps Northwest’s annu- al online shopping event, North- west Made Holiday Market, which started Nov. 26 and will continue through Dec. 30 and can be accessed at shopnorth- westmade.org. More than 100 businesses owned by “historically marginal- ized entrepreneurs” from across Oregon and southern Washing- ton are featured and product offerings range from food and drink to plants, art and jewelry. Lynn Renken, executive di- rector of Mercy Corps, said in a news release that support for local small businesses is vital to their survival. “It is more important than ever that we shop to support local en- trepreneurs and help keep their shops open and keep money in our local economy,” she said. Prosper Portland, the city’s economic development arm, is also presenting its annual My People’s Market with choices to order online or shop in per- son from minority and wom- en-owned firms. AMy People’s Market Window Shop is located at Southeast Ninth Avenue and Yamhill Street, featuring gifts from local BIPOC business owners where shoppers can shop the window, scan the code and buy online. An in-person marketplace for My People’s Market will contin- ue over the next two Sundays, Dec. 12 and Dec. 19 from noon to 6 p.m. at The Redd, 831 S.E. Salmon St. The shopping days will feature DJs and daily en- tertainment with a headline per- former each market day. For a list of vendors at ME- SO's holiday market, go to meso- pdx.org/mesomarket.
