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July 24, 2024 Page 3 INSIDE L ocaL N ews Oregon Fugitive Captured Arts & page 8 ENTERTAINMENT s ports c Lassified /B ids page 5 pages 10 Established 1970 USPS 959 680 1727 NE 13th Ave. Suite 201 Portland, OR 97212 The Portland Observer welcomes freelance submissions. Manuscripts and photographs should be clearly labeled and will be returned if accompanied by a self addressed envelope. All created design display ads become the sole property of the newspaper and cannot be used in other publications or personal usage without the written consent of the general manager, unless the client has purchased the composition of such ad. © 2008 THE PORTLAND OBSERVER. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, REPRODUCTION IN WHOLE OR IN PART WITHOUT PERMISSION IS PROHIBITED. The Portland Observer--Oregon’s Oldest Multicultural Publication--is a member of the National Newspaper Association--Founded in 1885, and The National Advertising Representative Amalgamated Publishers, Inc, New York, NY, and The West Coast Black Publishers Association Publisher: Mark Washington, Sr. Editor: Shawntell Washington Office Mngr/Clasfds : Lucinda Baldwin Admin Coord : Quayuana Washington Creative Director: Kenya Anderson Web Editor: Zoe Holman-Kragero CALL 503-288-0033 • FAX 503-288-0015• news@portlandobserver.com ads@portlandobserver.com• subscription@portlandobserver.com Postmaster: Send address changes to Portland Observer, PO Box 3137, Portland, OR 97208 Found in Georgia 30 Years Later An Oregon Department of Cor- rections (DOC) adult in custody who fled from a work crew in 1994 is back in custody. Steven Craig Johnson fled from a work crew at the Mill Creek Correc- tional Facility (MCCF) in Salem on November 29, 1994. Johnson was arrested in Macon, Georgia by the U.S. Marshals Ser- vice, Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force (USMS SERFTF) on July 16, 2024. He was booked into the Bibb County Jail and is await- ing extradition back to Oregon. According to the USMS Ste- ven Craig Johnson aka “William Cox,” 70, was taken into custody by the USMS SERFTF on July 16, 2024, at approximately 2:00 Steven Craig Johnson Left to right: Oregon Department of Corrections 1990s photo on wanted poster July 2024 Bibb County Sheriff's Office (Photo Courtesy of Oregon Dept. of Corrections) p.m. at an apartment complex lo- cated at Vineville Ave. in Macon. Johnson had been a resident there and living under the alias of Wil- liam Cox since 2011. Johnson was wanted on an Oregon arrest war- rant for escape. MCCF was a minimum-securi- ty prison located five miles south- PPB Needs Public’s Help Locating Person of Interest in Homocide Breaking News “Senseless” Shooting at Dawson Park On Friday, July 19, 2024, at approximately 4:05 p.m., officers responded to reports of a shooting at Dawson Park in North Portland. When officers arrived, they located one gunshot victim who was subsequently transported to the hospital. An additional gunshot victim went to the hospital on their own. Both are expected to survive. The suspect(s) had fled the scene before officers arrived. “While I am disheartened to learn of the shooting at Dawson Park, I am relieved that the two individuals Dawson Park, Two people injured are expected to were injured in a shooting survive and this did not end at a North Portland with the loss of life,” Chief park. Photo Credit: Bob Day said. “I want the Shawntell Washington community to know that the Portland Police Bureau takes a holistic approach to preventing gun violence. This work includes interdiction efforts by our Focused Intervention Team and Enhanced Community Safety Team. PPB also works closely with the District Attorney’s Office, Parole and Probation, Ceasefire, Office of Violence Prevention, and other community- based organizations and oversight groups that value the sanctity of life and are committed to tackling this senseless violence head on.” east of Salem on 2,089 acres. The facility was unfenced and housed approximately 290 adults in cus- tody who were within four years of release. MCCF opened in 1929 as the Farm Annex of the Oregon State Penitentiary. The prison closed June 30, 2021, by order of Governor Kate Brown. Above: Tiara Atencio. To the right: person of interest Detectives are seeking the pub- lic’s help in identifying a person of interest related to the Tiara Aten- cio homicide that occurred on Oc- tober 19, 2023. While Trimet pro- vided the Portland Police Bureau with the attached photos of the person of interest, it is important to note the homicide itself did not occur on a Trimet bus. Anyone with information on the identity of the person of inter- est is asked to contact Detective Scott Broughton Scott.Brough- ton@police.portlandoregon.gov (503) 823-3774 or Detective Eric McDaniel Eric.McDaniel@po- lice.portlandoregon.gov (503) 823-0833 and reference case num- ber 23-274506.
