May 18, 2022
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Obituary
Celebrating 160 Years
Damarion Jackson
Sunrise - 11/20/2005 Sunset - 5/11/2022
Service at Rose City Cemetery,
Tuesday, May 24th at 1:00pm
Cold Case Murder
Reward Offered
Danae Williams
The FBI has announced a new
$15,000 reward for information
leading to the arrest and convic-
tion of the individual or individ-
uals responsible for the murder
of Danae Williams.
A year ago, on May 12, at
8:55 p.m., Danae Williams, 25,
was in her car, stopped at a red
light at Northeast Martin Luther
King Jr. Boulevard and Dekum
Street when a silver sedan pulled
up along the passenger side and
someone fired multiple rounds
into the vehicle.
Williams was shot and died of
her wounds the following day.
A passenger in the car was also
shot in the head but survived. In-
vestigators believe Williams and
her passenger were innocent vic-
tims of an ongoing violent dis-
pute between rival gangs.
“Today we announced a
$15,000 reward for information
leading to the identification, ar-
rest and conviction of the indi-
vidual or individuals responsible
for Danae’s death,” FBI Portland
Special Agent in Charge Kieran
Ramsey said. “It’s long past time
for us to come together as a com-
munity and find justice for Da-
nae and the many other victims
of violence in Portland.”
If anyone has information,
witnessed any part of what hap-
pened, or has video of anything
that happened prior to, during,
or after these shootings, they are
asked to contact PPB by emailing
crimetips@portlandoregon.gov
or contacting the FBI at 1 (800)
CALL-FBI or at tips.fbi.gov.
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First A.M.E Zion Church, now located at 4304 N. Vancouver Ave., was first established in Portland
in 1862, the oldest African American church in the Pacific Northwest.
First A.M.E. Zion Church,
located at 4304 N. Vancouver
Ave., has announced plans for
the church’s upcoming 160th
anniversary and appreciation
celebration for Pastor Rev. Dr.
Lamont D. Brown.
First established in down-
town Portland in 1862, First
AME Zion is the oldest African
American church in the Pacific
Northwest.
The community is invited
to join the anniversary and ap-
preciation celebration which
will take place June 5 at 4 p.m.
at The Red Sea Community
Church, 7535 N. Chicago Ave.
The speaker will be Pastor
J.W. Matt Hennessee of Van-
couver Avenue First Baptist
Church. For more information,
email the church at info@firsta-
mezchurchpdx.org.