Decemeber 8, 2021
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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
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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.