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November 20, 2024 Page 3 ocaL N ews INSIDE L Victim in Hazelwood Neighborhood Shooting Identified Arts & page 4 ENTERTAINMENT o piNioN c Lassified /B ids page 7 pages 6 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 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 Oregon’s First Black Member of Congress Continued from Front significantly redrawn following Oregon,” Bynum said at a press conference last Friday. “But it took all of us working together to flip this seat, and we deliv- ered a win for Oregon. We be- lieved in a vision and we didn’t take our feet off the gas until we accomplished our goals.” Chavez-DeRemer conceded the race Thursday, the day that The Associated Press declared Bynum the winner. “I’m deeply grateful for the opportunity I had to serve as Or- egonians’ voice in Congress,” Chavez-DeRemer said in a state- ment posted on her social media. “Although this isn’t the outcome we had hoped for, I’m proud of what we accomplished together.” The contest was seen as a GOP toss up by the Cook Political Re- port, meaning either party had a good chance of winning. Bynum had previously defeated Chavez- DeRemer when they faced off in state legislative elections. Chavez-DeRemer narrow- ly won the seat in 2022, which was the first election held in the district after its boundaries were the 2020 census. The district now encompass- es disparate regions spanning metro Portland and its wealthy and working-class suburbs, as well as rural agricultural and mountain communities and the fast-growing central Oregon city of Bend on the other side of the Cascade Range. Registered Democratic voters outnumber Republicans by about 25,000 in the district, but unaffiliated vot- ers represent the largest constit- uency. A small part of the district is in Multnomah County, where a ballot box just outside the coun- ty elections office in Portland was set on fire by an incendiary device about a week before the election, damaging three ballots. Authorities said that enough ma- terial from the incendiary device was recovered to show that the Portland fire was also connect- ed to two other ballot drop box fires in neighboring Vancouver, Washington, one of which oc- curred on the same day as the Portland fire and damaged hun- dreds of ballots. Investigators Asking Anyone with Information to Come Forward On Saturday, November 9, 2024 at 2:06 a.m., Portland Police Officers assigned to East Precinct responded to a report of a shoot- ing inside an apartment in the 00 block of Northeast 146th Avenue. When officers arrived they locat- ed an adult female deceased at the scene. An injured male was transported to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. Fol- lowing the shooting call, Michael J. English, 33, of Portland, was undergoing treatment at Oregon Health and Science University Hospital for injuries connected to the shooting on Southeast 146th Avenue. At about 9:45 a.m., he Portrait of Angel Geib was permitted to change clothes in private, but took advantage of the situation and fled out of the room. PPB launched an im- mediate search, and brought in resources including Air Support Unit, the drone unit, and K9 unit. OHSU Police and VA Hospi- tal Police also partnered on the search to locate English. Shortly before 11:00 a.m., VA Police lo- cated and arrested English, and he was transferred back to PPB officers. He was then interviewed by Homicide Detectives. English was booked into the Multnomah County Detention Center on the Manslaughter in the First Degree and Felon in Posses- sion of a Firearm. The woman killed in a shooting in the Ha- zelwood Neighborhood has been identified as 40-year-old Angel Geib. Family has been notified of her death. They are requesting privacy at this time, but they did provide the attached photo for public release. The Medical Examiner deter- mined Geib died of homicide by gunshot wound. Anyone with information, who has not spoken with investigators, is asked to contact Detective Ryan Foote at ryan.foote@police.portlandore- gon.gov, (503) 823-0781 or De- tective Matt Brown at matthew. brown@police.portlandoregon. gov (503) 823-0859 and refer- ence case number 24-287452. 25K Reward Offered in Ballot Box Fire Case FBI Seeks Tips to Identify Suspect The FBI’s Seattle Field Of- fice is offering a reward of up to $25,000 for information leading to the identification, arrest, and conviction of the person respon- sible setting incendiary fires at two ballot boxes in Vancouver, Washington, and one in Port- land, Oregon. On October 8, 2024, between 3:30 and 4:00 a.m., an unknown individual placed an improvised incendiary device on a ballot drop box in Vancouver, Washington. Subsequently, on October 28, 2024, between 2:00 and 4:00 a.m., improvised incendiary devices were placed on ballot drop boxes in Vancouver, Washington, and Portland, Oregon. A surveillance camera cap- tured images of an early 2003 to 2004 Volvo S-60 sedan, dark in color, with dark wheels and a light-colored interior, driven by the suspect believed to responsi- A damaged ballot drop box is displayed during a news conference at the Multnomah County Elections Division office, Oct. 28, 2024, in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File) ble for these crimes. The vehicle does not have a Volvo logo on the front grill. At the time of the October 28, 2024, incidents, the vehicle also displayed a fraud- ulent temporary Washington li- cense plate on the rear and no front license plate. The plate, which is not associated with a Volvo, may no longer be on the vehicle. The driver of the vehicle is de- scribed as a White male, approx- imately 30 to 40 years old with thinning hair. It is believed that he may have some experience with metal work and welding. Anyone with information is asked to call your nearest FBI of- fice, provide information online at tips.fbi.gov, or call 1-800-CALL- FBI (1-800-225-5324).
